A writer writes about writing. Right…

Remember when this was a “writing blog”?

Yeah, me neither. But that was the idea, way back in the day when MA101 was the biggest writing obligation I really had.

Actually landing some writing jobs, and some other jobs, has changed that a bit, and someone recently commented on a slightly more “political” flavor lately. It was hard to tell if this was supposed to be a good thing or not, and I didn’t press for clarification. But I did think I could blog about it, and let that be a warning to anyone who has conversations with me ever.

"Ok, go ahead -- you had what, exactly, for lunch today?"

MA101 is not a “politics” blog by any stretch of the imagination. But “you are what you tweet” — if you spend your day swimming around in social media for a particular cause, it’s going to end up having an influence on the store of casual knowledge that you rely on for cocktail conversation, blog fodder, etc.

I've been wanting to use that "you are what you tweet" line for weeks now.

Hence the slight uptick in what I’d call “social commentary” rather than politics. MA101 is, after all, supposedly all about “the critical — highly critical — study of human culture and behavior.” Politicians do occasional behave in a manner that invites criticism.

But I’ve always tried to keep it non-partisan and purely on the side of general, applicable-to-all-humans mockery. That won’t be changing in the foreseeable future. If you do start seeing a particular political bias showing through, feel free to point it out to me — I’m all about fair and balanced reporting here.

(Hey, that’d make a good slogan, now that I say it. I’d use it, but some inconsequential and irrelevant cable network has probably already leaped on it, huh?)

So okay, there might be a little bias. You are what you tweet. But if you stick around and leave me good comments maybe together we can keep me mostly in line.

I might even write about writing again some day. Stay tuned!