VirusHead - Mutating bits of contagious discourse, because language is a virus.

Lin at Telling It Like It Is has shot me right in the head with what she’s calling a 357 magnum meme. Assembled over at Home with Heather, this one asks some basic questions about blogging. Far be it from me to refuse such a sweet request from a fellow former JW… so…
1. How long [...]

I’ve been awarded the “Thoughtful Blogger Award” by Jolly Roger at Reconstitution 2.0. JR said the most lovely thing:
Virus Head is one of the most gracious people I’ve encountered in my years of blogging. She has a gentle patience that almost makes me feel bad for the chainsaw approach I take to some of my [...]

This morning, I read a great article at Salon by Lindsay Beyerstein (Majikthise) on why she refused the Edwards campaign blogging job the others accepted. I think her analysis of the issues was dead-on, and she figured it out in advance. I also thought she was perceptive about the issue of off-the-campaign surrogates:
Unfortunately, as the [...]

In answer to NOW’s Question of the Week: Do you read blogs? Tell us if blogs change your views on political issues.
Blogs are of many kinds: scrapbooks, personal journals, advertising spaces, photo logs. Political blogs are only one form of the blog. The blogosphere is about freedom of expression - dittoheads, propaganda portals, soap boxes, [...]

Well, I’ve been resisting this for some time, but I’ve got a few friends at MySpace so I feel as though I should join up and participate, at least in a nominal way.
My blog at MySpace will just be to collect little bits of quotations.
My URL
http://www.myspace.com/virushead
My Blog URL
http://blog.myspace.com/virushead

Since I’m considered a nationally influential blogger, particularly for the viral distribution of bright shiny Blogger objects, here’s another: Dubya’s Dashboard from JumperBailey.com
In addition to counting the number of days left, it gives a few hints as to why many of us are counting down the days.
I’m placing it on the sidebar right beneath [...]

Since I have banned further comments on this blog from him, the troll that has been posting nasty comments made an entry in his own blog E Pluribus Reluctor using me as a lightning rod for his hatred of liberals, feminists, intellectuals, etc. Here is his post.

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 Architect-1,Professor-0
Once again, facts [...]