And he’s back. He writes, “Soon after you announced your blog, the attached came in my Dilbert Newsletter.”

The attachment he sent read:

“When I see news stories about people all over the world who are experiencing hardships, I worry about them, and I rack my brain wondering how I can make a difference. So I decided to start my own blog. That way I won’t have time to think about other people.

“People who are trying to decide whether to create a blog or not go through a thought process much like this:

“1. The world sure needs more of ME.

“2. Maybe I’ll shout more often so that people nearby can experience the joy of knowing my thoughts.

“3. No, wait, shouting looks too crazy.

“4. I know – I’ll write down my daily thoughts and badger people to read them.

“5. If only there was a description for this process that doesn’t involve the words egomaniac or unnecessary.

“6. What? It’s called a blog? I’m there!

“The blogger’s philosophy goes something like this: ‘Everything that I think about is more fascinating than the crap in your head. The beauty of blogging, as compared to writing a book, is that no editor will be interfering with my random spelling and grammar, my complete disregard for the facts, and my wandering sentences that seem to go on and on and never end so that you feel like you need to take a breath and clear your head before you can even consider making it to the end of the sentence that probably didn’t need to be written anyhoo.’

“If that doesn’t inspire you to read my blog, I don’t know what will.”

Dr. Cox thought the above was funny. I do too. I intend to tune into Dilbert’s blog. You can join with me at dilbertblog.typepad.com.

Also, I think Dr. Cox should start his own blog. You can join me in encouraging him to do so by writing him at {{email dwcox@astate.edu dwcox@astate.edu}} and telling him that:

“1. The world sure needs more of HIM.

“2. Maybe he should shout more often so that people nearby can experience the joy of knowing his thoughts.

“3. No, wait, shouting looks too crazy.

“4. He should write down his daily thoughts and badger people to read them.

“5. If only there was a description for this process that doesn’t involve the words egomaniac or unnecessary.

“6. What? It’s called a blog? He’s there!”

As soon as he gets his blog up, I’ll be one of the first to spread the news here!

(P.S. In all fairness, David did also say in his e-mail, “I sincerely am enjoying your blog. I have even started flossing.”)