Your blog is your past
: Glenn Reynolds briefly flirts with the idea of becoming a judge (“Ooyee, ooyee, all rise, the Honorable Instapundit is entering the court…”) and dismisses it, saying he can’t imagine the administration that would appoint him. Boy, it would be a fun confirmation hearing to watch as lawmakers face him and say, “Mr. Instapundit, on June 3rd, 2003, you said in your, ahem, blog that… Mr. Instapundit, what exactly does ‘HEH‘ mean…?”
It’s an interesting idea, that anything you say in your blog — even if you’re now just a teen in a Xanga blog — can live forever in Google and Alexa and when you run for President or go for the bench, your words will come back: “Well, Miss Glitterdoll, do you stand by your statement of April 6th, 2001 regarding Beck…?”