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Connecting Weblogging

The heartless thing cont…

Recovered from the Wayback Machine.

Jonathon I don’t know how you could think I would stoop to trading my favors for your cookies?

Links for Tim Tams! Indeed!

Jonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon. How could you think that of me? The Bird that Burns, of honesty and integrity?

Jonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon. I’m hurt al-most beyond belief by your accusation.

JonathonJonathonJonathonJonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon. How could you bring me up before our associates at Blog U?

Jonathon, Jonathon, Jonathon (…what’s the count?)
Jonathon, Jonathon.

I would never think of trading my favors for something like cookies.

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Weblogging

The heartless thing!

Recovered from the Wayback Machine.

Restless night and couldn’t sleep so I thought I would sooth my spirit and calm my soul by seeing what my good and dear friend Jonathon Delacour has to say.

Imagine how aghast I was to read:

Links for Tim Tams Scandal

Reeling from the shock, I read further:

I strongly believe that U Blog faculty members have a special responsibility to act in accordance with the highest standards of blogging practice. Accordingly, I have no recourse but to raise the issue with the University of Blogaria Ethics Committee (assuming such a body exists) and ask that Burningbird—who is in reality Shelley Powers, the Alfred E. Newman Foundation Professor of International Blogging Relations—be given an official reprimand.

My fellow University of Blogaria comrades, my dear and beloved associates, how could any of you think that I would seek to extort Tim Tams in exchange for links?

I am hurt. Hurt. Hurt, do you hear me? Stabbed to the quick.

I need a cookie.

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Weblogging

Forgiveness

AKMA writes on forgiveness:

 

When I say, “Forgive me,” I mean something different from “Let’s pretend it never happened,” or “It doesn’t matter,” or “Just drop it.” “Forgiving” certainly doesn’t entail forgetting, or discounting; it may be the only way to take an offense with adequate seriousness. Forgiving entails recognizing a wrong, looking at it clearly and honestly, assessing responsibility for it, and resolving not to permit that wrong to determine our lives from thence forward.

 

I’m taking this to heart. I truly am.

Therefore AKMA, I forgive you for not blindly taking my side on the Bird vs. Lemur fight, and for disagreeing with me about realtime blogging when everyone knows that webloggers have cats. Or something.

Just don’t ever do it again.

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Photography Weblogging

More pretty pics

And then Jerry posted a new photo essay, Foggy May Morning. Very, very nice work, Jerry. But where’s Zeke?

Note to virtual neighbors:

I have a bone to pick with all of you. You’re posting wonderful writing, lovely photos, and links to interesting sites. I – in the midst of a dark and stormy night blue funk – can’t hope to keep up with all of these extraordinary offerings.

I’m working myself up into a true, Burningbird snit about all this. If you continue posting wonderous material, I might have to do Something Drastic in return.

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Weblogging Writing

More voices on moral clarity

Recovered from the Wayback Machine.

Two new voices raised on the issue of Moral Clarity:

Kath writes:

My friend claims that my demanding of my rights violates his right to what he values most – his safety. I claim that living life is a risk. You could get hit by bus while crossing the street. You could slip on rug and break your neck. You could get on the same plane as a terrorist no matter what safety precautions are put in place, short of requiring everyone to travel naked, with no luggage and no in-flight amenities that might be turned into weapons.

I agree with Kath on the issue of not compromising our freedoms in order to claim a spurious sense of safety. As we have seen recently, you can get killed just crossing a bridge. In life there are no guarantees.

And Jonathon writes:

Moral Clarity, now playing at a multiplex near you. There’s the risk of confusing the audience by casting Saudis and Pakistanis as both Arnie’s allies and his enemies. But a top-class writer like Bill Bennett should be able to paper over any holes in the storyline.

Viewpoints based on expediency and morality based on oil. Too sadly true. Hypocrisy, moral clarity, and oil. But before we willy nilly slam governments, when was the last time you topped off your tank?