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Writing

More words than five

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’m seeing a metamorphosis in many of the weblogs I visit lately — people not only moving their weblogs to new servers or new weblogging tools, but also looking to redefine what their weblogs mean to them. Why am I here? I wrote the following in an email to a good […]

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Just Shelley

Da train! Da Train

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I was woken up in the middle of the night last night by a loud sound. As I lay in bed, confused, wondering if the neighbor was partying I heard what sounded like the train. For a very, very long time. Finally, I drifted back to sleep. Just watched local […]

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Weblogging Writing

Browsin’ them links, written’ them postings

Loren wrote a wonderful essay about To Kill a Mockingbird for the Banned Books project that’s a must read. For the record, I am also quite fond of this book, as well as the movie based on the book starring Gregory Peck. I am aware that the book does use racially explosive and derogatory terms, the primary reason it appeared […]

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Diversity Weblogging

No matter what you call it, it’s sexism

Dictionary.com – Sexism: attitudes, conditions, or behavior promoting stereotyping of social roles based on gender. Merriam-Webster Online – Sexism: behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex   With regards to the Say what post and the one on Doc screwed the Pooch, I said specific statements were sexist, or more properly, examples […]

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Connecting

Five words or less

Michael Barrish:   I am alone   Mark Pilgrim:   I am blessed.   Karl   Never tell me the odds.   Jonathon Delacour:   Life is a beautiful dream.   Shannon Campbell   I reap what I sow.   Steve Himmer   How did I get here?   Bearman   I have what I […]