On laughter
Ammo Grrrll is sensitive to noise, and she tells you all about it in a very funny piece at Powerline. If you need some laughter as relief from all the angst, I suggest taking a look. It got me thinking, … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Blogging and bloggers
Progress report on Gerard’s book
I’ve finally done some actual work on Gerard’s book – using the Amazon self-publishing platform, which my research points to as the most user-friendly. However, there’s still a steep and rather tedious learning curve there, and so I’m nowhere near … Continue reading →
Some questions about self-publishing
As many of you may know, I’m trying to publish a book of Gerard’s essays and also one of his poetry. The only avenue seems to be self-publishing; I’ve explored various conventional publishers and there aren’t any takers. So I’ve … Continue reading →
When death comes for bloggers
It’s a daily voice, like a friend you talk to on the phone every day. The closest thing to this kind of writing prior to blogging was the daily columnist (when did those go out? or did they ever exist?). … Continue reading →
What to write? [BUMPED UP: scroll down for newer posts]
I’m easing back into writing about politics and the news of the day, but slowly. It’s a strange in-between time right now. I also of course have extra things to do connected with Gerard’s death, including corresponding with some of … Continue reading →
At least leftist radicals of the 60s didn’t care if their feelings were hurt
In the comments to Saturday’s post about some AI at Blogger flagging a 17-year-old piece of mine for very very little, and attaching a warning to it, one commenter wrote that Blogger is the least of his concerns and the … Continue reading →
Blogger flagged me
I got a little note from Blogger recently – that is, from the entity that hosts my original blog at Blogspot, which apparently is still accessible. I assume the missive is not from a sentient being, but rather from some … Continue reading →
Twas the blogger’s night before Christmas
[NOTE: This small poetic effort of mine has become somewhat of a holiday tradition at the blog. So here it comes again—just like the holiday itself.] ‘TWAS THE BLOGGER’S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through … Continue reading →
Trump makes a second announcement today
And this one is considerably more substantive: More here. As Ace points out, it should be made very clear that this would only apply to large – essentially, monopolist – social media platforms and not to other formats like blogs. … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP: Scroll down for newer posts] On the day before Thanksgiving, one thing I’m tremendously grateful for…
…is the generosity of many of my readers in donating to this blog, either in a single donation or a monthly recurring one. So here’s a huge “thank you!!” to all of you. It’s a cliche, but words can’t adequately … Continue reading →
It’s pass the hat time [BUMPED UP. Scroll down for today’s posts.]
[ADDENDUM: My current donation appeal will be winding down soon. A preliminary THANK YOU! to all who’ve contributed to helping keep this blog running.] Now that everyone’s depressed about the elections and strapped for cash with the holidays coming, I … Continue reading →
For those of you who want to use a Paypal alternative for donating to the blog
I know that some of you have soured on Paypal since the recent censorship brouhaha. One of the signs is that some people who used to be on auto-pay plans for contributing to the blog have canceled them, and I’m … Continue reading →