Warning!

Beloved Readers,

It seems a terrible virus has overtaken sections of the blogging world. Its symptoms include whining about one's lives (past and present), fishing for compliments and a refusal to look up the world ‘solipsism’. Unchecked, these symptoms can lead to a fully-fledged simultaneous egomania and self-loathing, not to mention bouts of undirected sarcastic anger.
To be on the safe side, be sure to avoid: maudlin and depression-affirming friends; 19th century literature you don’t understand; philosophy you don’t understand; and…oh hell, just avoid everything and everyone. It works for J.D. Salinger (whose books you should also avoid).

In some rare cases, a blogger may even post something that is so insensitive and humourless that one can only guess his/her intentions. As I peer below me I see that…oh, God. Perhaps it is too late.