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Connecting

On being a parent

In a quiet moment of sharing, Jonathon Delacour wrote: Though I don’t believe in regrets, I have just one: that I don’t have a child. All my closest friends have children and every time they invite me to their homes, I feel a sense of gratitude that I’ve been able to share the intimacies of family life. […]

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Critters

Just another morning

It starts with an Argentinian ant invasion. While I was waiting for the exterminator this morning, I received a phone call from another weblogger. Lovely voice. Witty conversation. Wonderful surprise. Just as I’m hanging up the phone, the exterminator came and after I showed her where the little buggers were entering my home, I took off […]

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Political Weblogging

And so much for journalism

Meryl Yourish and Glenn Reynolds responded to my email and article link yesterday. So much for weblogging as journalism. And the truth shall set you free, right?

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Weblogging

RageBoy…on the loose!

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Halley wrote that she’s a Chris Locke wannabe. I shudder at the innocence of such a request as she couldn’t possibly know the truth… Due to an unfortunate chemical reaction between certain rare substances only found in Starbuck’s coffee sold in Colorado, and the residue of past _experimentation_, Chris was already in a […]

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Weblogging

Community

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. There seems to be tentative reaching out by webloggers to one another, at least in my virtual neighborhood. Is there a new evolution in weblogging — a desire to extend contact beyond the ephemeral? I’ve met people through weblogging who I really like. When they’re hurting or having a difficult time, […]