When I first started my blog one of the main attractions was to click on my sitemeter. It was astounding for me to see that anyone was reading here at all, and to watch the numbers climb was satisfying. There … Continue reading →
I’m back from DC and naturally have a backlog of things to do, the way it always is when one goes away. So I wasn’t online much today, and the troll commentary has managed to pile up on the previous … Continue reading →
I’ve been in DC since yesterday and busy, busy, busy, although one of the things I’ve not been busy with is writing and blogging. I should be returning to my regularly scheduled program of blogging shortly, but for now I’ll … Continue reading →
The Wall Street Journal is on to the not-so-well-kept secret of bloggers, which is that is that they tend to have some degree of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The ubiquity of the internet, laptops, and the like means that bloggers need never … Continue reading →
Last night I went to a meeting of the Boston bloggers. It’s really the New England bloggers, since not all of us live in Boston (I don’t, for example). We’ve gotten together a couple of times before and it’s always … Continue reading →
I know I wrote that I wasn’t going to post any more threads about trolls, and that I would simply implement a solution instead. And that is my plan. But I found this to be so excellently put that I … Continue reading →
What’s a pirouette? Here’s the Wikipedia defintion—and, as a former dancer, I can attest to its correctness: One of the most famous ballet movements; this is where the dancer spins around on demi-pointe or pointe on one leg. The other … Continue reading →
I want to spotlight this question that appeared in the comments section of my earlier thread on politics and friendship [some spelling corrections made here]: …if this is the state of your personal relationships, is the blog a chance to … Continue reading →
Lately I’ve noticed a certain degeneration of the comments section here, and I’d like to comment on it. Lots of bloggers don’t have comments sections, and I can understand why. But I’m not that kind of blogger; it was always … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed that the small but extraordinarily prolific and insightful group known as the psychobloggers (me, Dr. Sanity, Shrinkwrapped, Sigmund Carl & Alfred, and Dr. Helen) has gained some new additions: two, in fact. One of them is not actually … Continue reading →
I better not start using this site to sell any music, or the Beatles will be breathing down my neck (of course, at an earlier time in my life, that would have been the fulfillment of a dream): Two legendary … Continue reading →
I often get emails or comments asking me why don’t I write about this or that or the other topic. Every now and then I do take people up on one of these suggestions (for example, this post was written … Continue reading →