I just stumbled upon "tumblelogs" or, as tumblr.com would have you believe, "blogs with less fuss". Tumblr is the software you can use to start your own tumblelog.
Okay, "tumblelog" is a horrible, horrible conglomeration of vowels and consonants. I've had to think about it several times while typing it -- tumbleblog? tumblog? tupelo-blogg'r-loo? -- and the omission of the "e" in "tumbler" is a bit too much like Flickr, which I already irrationally *heart* and therefore ascribe my loyalties.
Speaking of irrational love, traversing tumblr's featured tumblelogs (I am starting to really, really despise that word), I went here, which has a post -- wait, can I still call it a post? Is it a "tumble"? "Spill"? "I-fell-down-and-broke-my-crown"? -- including this use-to-*heart* pyramid, which made me giggle. With irrational love:
I can't see why anyone would ever use Tumblr, except maybe a new blogger tumbl'r or for aesthetic purposes, but especially because the blogosphere (more dumb vernacular) software already out there isn't restrictive. I mean, I can post long, wordy rants or short one-liners or images or other forms of media; why would I download more software for functionality I already have?!? Sorry, guys.
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