January 20, 2006

Buzzzz!

Charlie Wrigley wrote this in the early afternoon:

There’s been some buzz in the Boston blogsphere, but I’m not one to start gratuitously linking to other blogs, mostly because I’m an attention whore. Trust me when I tell you there is controversy brewing.

Our little community known as “Boston Web Properties” has come under some wispy scrutiny. Specifically the ‘properties’ bit.

We the writers are therefore the “blogee-tennants” of “Bloger-Lord” Dan Zarella, getting reimbursed for our prose stylings.

Believe half of what you hear. Dan rules with an iron fist to be sure: flexing his very large muscles and cracking the whip when we slack.

But the employee-employer relationship is more one of indentured servant-master or, in some cases a concubine-stern Japanese man relationship.

We write until our fingers hurt, and then write some more doing our best to avoid his wrath.

Me: (in a meek but knowing that someday I’ll inherit the earth voice) Taking a break boss.

Dan: (in a booming James Earl Jones voice) Not until the daily blog is up you don’t!

We get paid and unicorns are real.

Someday we might get paid, but until then we’re just a bunch of bloggers like you with big and delusional aspirations. Everyone relax and have fun.

* Filed under: Today in Boston

One Response to “Buzzzz!”

  1. Chris Says:
    January 20th, 2006 at 2:48 pm

    Yea, you remember that skit from the Chapelle’s Show where he’s got the slaves making his shoes at an in-home sweatshop? Something like that.

    Dan threatened to burn my feet with brand yesterday. Twice!

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