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Dave Winer is an “Onjer.” He writes in an online journal, or “Onj.” Don’t confuse this Onjer with the pumpkin chucker that’s pronounced the same way. And certainly the persian jack-ass has NOTHING to do with the construction of this new term for online journaling. I know that Dave likes to think of himself as a “blogger,” but… well, take a look. NO CAT PICTURES. The dude is an Onjer, pure and simple.

I’ve reclassified the old “Sucking up to Dave Winer” posts and assembled them in this new category. It became obvious to me that sucking up to Dave could be a lifetime pursuit (he’s so tall! what a bright young man! I understand the ladies think he’s a knock-out!) But as I examined the motivations for posting in the category, it seemed to me that I was always moved to post when Dave had written something unutterably stupid, self-serving, false, or otherwise awful. At these times, I tried unsuccessfully to put forth the good vibes necessary to somehow mend the fabric of the space-time continuum torn by the howling of the thousand demon monkeys that inhabit the human shell we think of as Dave.

I give up. Every day I will continue to pay Dave the compliment of reading his Onj. Dave gets up early and writes about things that interest me. But the effort of sucking up is just too much for me to bear. I’m not good at it, and I find that for every step forward (for example complimenting Dave on how tall he is) I usually take two steps back (for example calling him on a lie or misrepresentation).

There’s a lot in Dave’s Onj that is worth reading and there’s a lot that is noise. The noisy stuff may from time to time appear linked in this category. But the category doesn’t have to be limited to Dave, it’s just that he has such a rich vein of noise to mine!

But bottom line here, a personal note to the big guy… Dave, I love you ya big lug. As the premier Onjer of all time, I know you’re open to a few simple criticisms from a humble blogger like me. The next time we meet I hope we can shake hands, look into each other’s eyes take a deep breath and simply say “Namaste.”