The Bestiary of a Good Blogger

by Marcus on June 24, 2008

BestiaryA bestiary is an encyclopedia of beasts. This morning in my Schott’s Almanac calendar (one of my favorite desktop calendars in the past few years), I read the “bestiary of a good host.” That and a little browsing around the British Library’s Illuminated Manuscript collection inspired me to some fun Tuesday weirdness.

The Bestiary of a Good Blogger

The good blogger must have
the forehead of a BILLY GOAT
the ears of a JACK RABBIT
the hard shell of an ARMADILLO
the belly of a BLACK BEAR
the subtlety of a SNAKE
buzz around omnipresent like a FLY
and fawn and lie like a DOG.

What beast would you add?

{ 10 comments }

1 christa allan June 24, 2008 at 9:37 am

The hairball of a cat?

…um, no, maybe not

2 spaghettipie June 24, 2008 at 10:21 pm

Watchful eye of a hawk. . .

Or is it the eye of a tiger?

spaghettipie’s last blog post..From the Outside Looking In

3 Ted Gossard June 25, 2008 at 5:37 am

I don’t know, Marcus. But I’ll go with the busyness of an ant, and working together with a common goal and purpose. I kind of like that.

Ted Gossard’s last blog post..“Holding Pfaltzgraff – inclusion” from L.L. Barkat

4 B. Currant June 25, 2008 at 11:34 am

Dove.

As in, innocent as a …

5 nancy June 25, 2008 at 12:56 pm

the back of a duck

6 Sam June 25, 2008 at 4:58 pm

Marcus,
The eyes of a frog – the double-layered kind because you spend so much time staring at a computer screen.
-Sam

7 Sterling "Chip" Camden June 27, 2008 at 2:16 pm

The stubbornness of a mule, and the talkativeness of a magpie.

8 Sam June 27, 2008 at 2:59 pm

Mark,
Thought I’d comment over here too after you commented on the entry listed below.
Hey, maybe you could edit my latest blog entry and I could take a stab at editing one of your entries.
That might prove instructive and help us write better blogs.
Or we might never write each other again.
Seriously, working in newspapers gave me an appreciation for constructive criticism and a tough skin.
Yes, writers – not just bloggers – need the skin of a Rhinocerous.
-Sam

9 Merrie Destefano June 28, 2008 at 1:26 am

The heart of a tiger.

Grrrrrr.

: )

Merrie

10 Susan June 28, 2008 at 9:06 am

I’m thinking the nose of a dog to sniff out truth (from poop).

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