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Wednesday, 13th o October 2004

Lovely Lovely blogs

It's so nice to see what other people are writing out there in this big bad internet world. I've kept this site in one form or another since 1996, starting it as a journal of my world travels and an easy way to keep my friends and family updated on my daily comings and goings.  But recently, I guess, there's been this explosion of bloggers, people keeping journals on their daily lives, the extraordinary, the banal, the cynical, the comical, and the poignant. Some are better than others, but I am just continually amazed at how simple bits of life can be so entertaining. Perhaps it is that infinity within, that onion skin that just keeps peeling away forever. Who knew it could be so interesting to read people writing about their lives. Who knew how interesting they could be.

I never knew, I swear. This is all coming to me bit by bit as I read and discover blogs which lead me to others, and in turn lead me further, out beyond the reaches of sanity. There are so many lovely lovely blogs.

Here are my favorites:

  • Geese Aplenty - Damn damn funny. Cynical - yes. Biting - yes, but funny and well done. I check it every day for a laugh and a thought.
  • Dooce - I found this site once on an idle link from someone else, and I caught it on the day that the author was checking herself into a hospital for depression. I almost burst in my empathy for her distress as she laid it all out for us to read. I lost the link, and a couple months later desperately wondered what had happened to this person. She's doing much better thank God, but I think I'll keep an eye on her just the same.
  • Fussy - Linked from Dooce. Drawn in by the haircut watch, brought back by the honest and entertaining writing.