One of the greatest pleasures of having a blog is viewing the sitemeter and noticing the broad geographic scope of the visitors. It’s a graphic demonstration of how the internet reaches around the globe, even with a moderate-sized blog such … Continue reading →
[This is a version of a post I originally wrote a while back about the reasons I took on my “A mind is a difficult thing to change” series. I thought I’d publish it again now that I’ve resumed the … Continue reading →
Twas the day after Christmas, when all through the house, Creatures were stirring and starting to grouse. Torn wrappings were strewn round the floor without care. It’s time for the store returns, presents to bear. The stomachs were grumbling from … Continue reading →
On Christmas Day—blog? I’d rather have grog, Or maybe eggnog, Then go walk the dog. Or watch a Yule Log, And eat like a hog, Then go for a jog. Blogging’s a bog. My mind’s in a fog, Or maybe … Continue reading →
‘TWAS THE BLOGGER’S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the ”˜sphere Bloggers were glad to see Christmas draw near. Their laptops were turned off and all put away The bloggers were swearing to take off … Continue reading →
I must say I’ve been remiss in keeping up with Padma Lakshmi’s career now that she and Salman Rushdie are no longer one. Is she lonely? Does she miss these days? If so, she’s bravely bearing up. Apparently she has … Continue reading →
I’ve been nominated in the competition for the august title “Grande Conservative Blogress Diva 2008″ at Gay Patriot. Whew. A mouthful. I tried to comment on the thread, but somehow the spam filter (or one of the other diva wannabes?) … Continue reading →
I don’t set out to write long posts. It just happens. I get an idea and start writing, and often think it will take only a couple of moments to wrap up a few succinct thoughts, and then…and then…it grows. … Continue reading →
I’m back! I noticed that in my absence this rather short and recent post engendered quite the heated and verbose discussion in the comments section, proving that the number of comments isn’t proportional to the length of the post. I … Continue reading →
I’ve got various kinds of spam blockers on this blog. They don’t work perfectly. but if they didn’t work at all, I’d have hundreds of spam comments here a day. As it is, there are probably fifteen or so, which … Continue reading →
There are an awful lot of blogs these days (and a lot of them, no doubt, are awful). Technorati tracks about 57 million blogs, with a little over half of them regarded as “active”—meaning that the bloggers post at least … Continue reading →
WordPress tells me that so far I’ve written 1,266 posts, with 32,417 comments from readers. Whew. When I do the math, this means that the average number of comments for a single post here has been 25 and a fraction. … Continue reading →