John Scalzi, on how he decides what to put up on his blog:

I'm not nearly organized enough about this site to say to myself "Hmmm, you know, I have a book tour coming up, maybe I'll do a whole bunch of self-promotey things, and then after that I'll write some more about politics and then put up a picture of my cat, because the kids always love that." Honestly and truly, what I write about here is whatever I'm thinking about at that moment. There is no plan, there is no agenda, there is nothing except me sitting in front of my computer banging out words. Sometimes you'll get what you want to read, sometimes you won't. The only thing you know that you get from it is what I want to write. That is the guiding principle.

Same thing here. Some people complain because there's too much politics, some people complain because there's too much space (though probably not lately). Don't come to this site with the expectation that you're going to get either. What you're going to get is me, in whatever mood I'm in, set off by whatever event set me off that day. This isn't a regular publication, with publishing deadlines, themes, advertising. It's just (as Virginia Postrel used to call it before the word "blog" caught on) a me-zine. Take it or leave it.

I think you should try to say stupid and ignorant things a lot more often, Rand. I can't even remember the last time you did so.

Damn it, man, think of your community. How easy is it for us to dash off blistering criticism of thoughtful essays, or (even worse) neutral factual comments? We're mostly reduced to waiting for some stalwart member of the commentariat -- fortunately we have some regular volunteers -- to step in and say something inane to keep the froth flying.

I think you should try to say stupid and ignorant things a lot more often, Rand. I can't even remember the last time you did so.

I doubt that you'll get consensus on that from the more deranged hinterlands of the commentariat here.

Take it or leave it.

I wish all would take this advice. I'm sometimes disappointed by content, and when I am, I "leave it". There are other things to read, just scan down the blogroll.