In my new daily planner, I made a list yesterday of the things I need to do. They are roughly in order of priority: Get a present for my nephew Go to my nephew’s birthday party Learn how to use Gantt Project Create a master plan with timeline, resources, and subtasks for work Take down the Christmas tree – yes, really Get an oil change for my car Do laundry Call Mom and Gramma Pack away the clothes I’m not…
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 have you been blogging? I started blogging four years ago (November 2003). I actually had a couple of other blogs – one at Blogger…
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 more notable commenters. I DON’T feel bad, of course, but seeing her way stops me dead in my tracks from time to time. For…
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 Edwards campaign learned the hard way, the right wing has a large network of surrogates, like Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and Bill Donohue, who…
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, fake identities, but also debate, discussion, original ideas, and scrapbooked information/evidence/argument. Some political blogs actually investigate and report news. Some are focused tightly on…
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