For years, the word is that blogging is dead and in fact, my two brothers curtailed their respective blogs when they joined Facebook. My dad had a wonderful blog that I still enjoy reading, however, he passed on in 2016. At the time, he was 2 years removed from his last post.
One that I could always count on was By Ken Levine. I remembered Ken mostly from his announcing of Mariner games on the radio. He had a short tenure in the 90s. However, he is most famous for comedy writing on classic shows like Mash, Cheers, and Frasier.
Levine has had the success in the TV industry that most of us dream about, but on his blog, he comes across as down to earth and approachable. That trait is further demonstrated in his very successful podcast, Hollywood and Levine, that is released every week.
Levine blogged daily, which has inspired me to try and blog daily. Like this blog, it was not tied to any subject, just whatever crossed his mind at the time.
I was truly saddened to read yesterday that Ken is curtailing his blog, saying that his latest post would be his last. His blog will stay on the web to entertain readers with 16 years worth of content. He said that maintaining it had gotten to be a chore and distracted him from other projects. Ken has always had his fingers in many pots including writing plays, cartooning, and podcasting, in which he plans to continue.
So to Ken, I want to say, "Thank You" for the morning entertainment, which made readers feel like they were part of something special and didn't cost us a nickel. We learned, we laughed, we cried, and we got angry. We fantasized about being in his world and really, what more could you ask for?
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