Blogging Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Whenever you put yourself out there, you’re taking a risk. If you are a performer, musician, artist or writer, you come to expect harsh criticism, snarky comments, mean-spirited rumors, etc. Still, you rarely expect to have your life threatened. Death threats are generally reserved for popes, presidents and high profile superstars. As a performing musician, I’ve never felt threatened. There have been a few times when I’ve had to duck out of the way of a fight in progress. In a bar or rock club, you expect to see more of that–fueled by drugs, alcohol and jealousy. Ironically, I’ve only felt threatened while blogging in coffee shops.
The first time was when I brought attention to the Boston Chargers scam–first with this article and then this one. Eventually, Fox 25 News broke the story with this report. Still, I had received some emails and comments not-so-politely requesting that I stop writing And given the outpouring of emoton on my blog and emails I received after the Fox 25 report, it was abundantly clear that team members and people involved were following the posts and comments all along.
Today, as I sat here trying to decide on the topic de jour, it presented itself in the form of a 375 lb guy brandishing a knife. He started opening the blade as he approached me, but suddenly stopped a few feet away and said, “Wanna buy it?” Then, he approached two girls sitting at the next table as I got up to alert the manager. He left. Apparently, we weren’t the first because as the manager ran out the door to find the guy, he found the man surrounded by police near the corner of Huntington Ave.
I said to a friend, “Doesn’t he know I love homeless people?”
He just replied, “Or that you can’t afford a knife?”
Ha ha.
I think I’m going to stick to dive bars and rock music. It’s too dangerous out here! 