are some things too private to blog about?

Obviously yes, but also apparent is the fact that I fail to draw the proper line on occasion.
There is a fine line between honest, raw, and thus interesting blogging and revealing too much of someone else's private info. What's a journalist to do? I read once that a lot of comedians' families hate them because in trying to come up with good jokes they often use their own friends and family as material. That said, I will reveal an embarrassing story about my brother which may cause him to hate me but will explain why he doesn't know who Tracy Lords is (raised by an abusive, alcholic father, started her carreer at the tragically young age of 16, made 100 porn films by the time she reached 18). Once in school, he was asked to read a passage from a book out loud to the class. Within that passage was the word 'whore.' Now, its not that my brother had never been exposed to that word, but that he had never heard it spoken out loud. Well, you can imagine the snickers from the classroom when he mispronounced it as 'wore'

Although a funny story, I do wish on my kids this level of naivete and innocence, and lack of exposure to the grittier side of life that children seem to learn about earlier and earlier. Frankly, I respect not knowing who Tracy Lords is a great deal more then someone who can list off porn stars organized by favorites. Its an old school sort of gentlemanliness that I find refreshing. I heard a quote by Vince Vaughn once, and whether its b.s. or not I really liked it. He said he doesn't like to watch porn because he feels bad for the women. He just wants to go wrap a blanket around them and ask them if they're alright. I truly hope I can raise my boys to be like that, fighting the influence of their somewhat misogynist father...