2005.02.02
February Blogging Challenge
February is a strange month containing, most of the time, 28 days. This is not a reference to the excellent zombie movie with a similar name. Conveniently, the English usage of the alphabet contains 26 letters even though in my opinion there should only be 24 if you dump “c” and “q”, or possibly more if you started going purely phonetic.
Anyways my point is that this month’s challenge, for those of you brave enough to try, is to write 26 entries with the topic being something that starts with each of the 26 letters of the standard English alphabet in linear order. They do not have to be day by day (you can do a few in a day if you like) and with 28 days it should be simple enough to finish.
Topics do not have to be consistent, by the way. You can write about products, memories, people, observations, and/or theories, write poems, songs, and/or stories, or simply rave on about whatever crosses your mind at the time. Just make sure the topic is clear and not just a word mentioned once or twice.
Unfortunately I am not clever enough today to have made this entry count because “challenge”, “February” and “blog” don’t start with the letter A. I could cheat and claim “alphabet” but that really would feel like cheating since I only mention “alphabet” twice in the previous two paragraphs. I will have to start on my own challenge later today…
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5 Responses to “February Blogging Challenge”
- Uncle Roger says (February 2nd, 2005 at 06:08:12 )
Definitely gonna be a challenge!
Can the challenge posts be interspersed with other, non-alphabetical posts?
All I can say is that I’ll give it a try.
Bring on the posts!
Count me in!
Don’t hate me if I can’t do it, though.
Everyday things might just get in the way.
For I do have kids, you know.
Gotta take care of them first.
Hope that’s okay.
I’m really enjoying the challenges.
Jason seems to enjoy them too.
Keeping in mind, of course, that he’s a much better writer than I.
Like you are, I might add.
Most people are, though.
Not that I’m horrible, I think.
Of course, I’d say I have a decent command of the English language
Pretty good vocabulary too.
Quite good, if I do say so myself.
Reading is the best way to increase your vocabulary and I used to read a lot.
Sadly, I don’t have much time for it now.
The kids take up most of my time these days.
Usually, I come home from work, cook dinner, play with the kids, and fall asleep.
Very little time is left for private leisure.
Which is why I’m still working on December’s challenge.
Xeric, in regards to time, you might say I am.
Yet, that might not make sense.
Zero sense, in fact, or close to it at least.- dugh says (February 3rd, 2005 at 01:08:29 )
Nicely done!
I’m tempted to say you should copy that over to your site and use it as your first entry!- Uncle Roger says (February 3rd, 2005 at 07:14:48 )
But it doesn’t start with “A”
I would, except it doesn’t really fit in. 8^)- douglas.nerad » Quality Versus Quantity says (October 1st, 2006 at 14:54:25 )
[...] As I’m coming towards crunch time to complete the February Blogging Challenge I realize I am suddenly facing an issue of quantity versus quality. I’ve got nine more entries to get done before the end of tomorrow. For some bloggers that is not a big deal. They post links with lame commentary that sometimes seems profound (and I guess it is if enough folks buy into it) but my weakness is that I like to write substantive entries. [...]
- douglas.nerad » February 2007 Blog Challenge says (January 31st, 2007 at 23:30:40 )
[...] Previous challenges included a post a day for a solid week (which turned into a month!), two “thank you” challenges, a yearly goals challenge (I think I failed miserably on that one!), dealing with the alphabet, a non-blogging challenge, tips and tricks, a formative school event challenge, and a favourite posts listing.. [...]
