Even though it’s a narrative, and that’s supposed to get people over the hump.
There is a wonderful therapeutic effect in blogging. I have all these really stupid ideas simmering in my brain, sometimes for years, and the old-fashioned part of me thinks “nobody would publish this!” but with WordPress now *I* can publish it – and then move on with my life. :)
There’s another version where John Henry works in a bagel shop. But I think the whole concept has been put to rest now.
Reassembler 
Isn’t most of your audience American? Since when do we have attention spans long enough to read all the way through that John Henry post?
Touche’.
Even though it’s a narrative, and that’s supposed to get people over the hump.
There is a wonderful therapeutic effect in blogging. I have all these really stupid ideas simmering in my brain, sometimes for years, and the old-fashioned part of me thinks “nobody would publish this!” but with WordPress now *I* can publish it – and then move on with my life. :)
There’s another version where John Henry works in a bagel shop. But I think the whole concept has been put to rest now.