“Tweets” and “blogs” sounded stupid, too, but they got bludgeoned into our collective consciousness. If you step back and think about it for a second, “blogging” sounds like something you might do in the bathroom.
> A. Also, my husband blogs twice a day.
> B. Eeww, Yuck!
(Joke being that, for people not knowing what "blogging" is, but who want to appear worldly, it's safe to presume it's something really gross)
This is really stretching it.