RE: The value of familiarity on Hive

[bigtom13]

I don't think familiarity is a bad thing. I think it's part of the connection I make with the people that regularly read my stuff.

For another thing, I am just not capable of original thought everyday. Not going to happen and I know it.

Why do I read certain authors? Because I may not know the what of the piece, but I certainly know and expect the how to be in a form I like.

Even meesterboom is familiar in his way. If familiarity can be the expectation of a new and hilarious outrage...

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[tarazkp]

Because I may not know the what of the piece, but I certainly know and expect the how to be in a form I like.

This is the thing - there is always something familiar, a style or voice, a tenacity or the way a person can make you feel. Part of the appeal is the same as the connection to the feeling of home - there is a comfort.

I imagine Boomy sitting at his desk, fingers steepled at his lips, watching life in the office go by, quietly chuckling to himself.

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