tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post7369958853020969470..comments2023-06-30T03:19:06.979-05:00Comments on Liprap's Lament - The Line: Leigh C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654596932726420097noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post-10992770684596800542009-03-11T10:00:00.000-05:002009-03-11T10:00:00.000-05:00Prior to most bloggers, there was no depression si...Prior to most bloggers, there was no depression since 1929, no 9/11, no Katrina, no Ray Nagin, no "W", no "The View".........<BR/><BR/>Need I say more?<BR/><BR/>(Anyone who says "no D-BB" will get their ass kicked. Also, Pistolette........u r so hot!)D-BBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17378255583186167028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post-31642919301228273062009-03-09T21:03:00.000-05:002009-03-09T21:03:00.000-05:001) I love to read. Picture the sandworms on Dune,...1) I love to read. Picture the sandworms on Dune, or the creatures in the Tremors movies in terms of how big a bookworm I am. Just MASSIVE.<BR/><BR/>2) With the exception of my great husband and of my in-laws, I am surrounded by family members who are concerned that I do something at this point that is supporting my family monetarily AND getting me out of the house. I love blogging, reading others' blogs, and commenting and all, but there is some subtle leaning on me to quit with it and take care of the home and the fam more....so as for my conceptions of my being lazy and somewhat unmotivated in some ways, understand that it is seen through this lens, which is kinda how I was raised and which has been difficult to completely shake.<BR/><BR/>Balance - that need never really goes away.Leigh C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13654596932726420097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post-70342569684586442582009-03-09T20:44:00.000-05:002009-03-09T20:44:00.000-05:00It's a complete mystery to me how you blog as ...It's a complete mystery to me how you blog as much as you do, comment on other's blogs as much as you do, comment on the list serve, read, teach,take care of a kid, house & hussband and have a life. <BR/>I think you have a clone chained to a computer in your attic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post-27295887956924057612009-03-09T20:38:00.000-05:002009-03-09T20:38:00.000-05:00I gotcha there. Never really thought about it tha...I gotcha there. Never really thought about it that way. And it ought to have occurred to me...I see the vitriol that parents can dish out by the 55-gallon barrels full on the parenting blogs and I haven't been all that happy with that sort of absolutism, which is probably one of the reasons why I ended up leaning towards the local and the political after a certain point. <BR/><BR/>One of my friends in NYC who checks in on the blog occasionally commented on this, and after I thought about it some, I realized that being informed about those kinds of issues goes hand-in-hand with living here. My rabbi has said repeatedly that the same dynamic exists in Jerusalem, which is one of the reasons why this city already feels like home to her even though she's only been here a few months.<BR/><BR/>Guess that's my long-winded way of saying that my own life and my own experience is kind of a blind spot sometimes when it comes to narrowing my content down to a few topics.<BR/><BR/>Somebody edit me!!!!!Leigh C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13654596932726420097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post-15038904647113113612009-03-09T18:00:00.000-05:002009-03-09T18:00:00.000-05:00Lazy!?! You blog more than most people on my feed ...Lazy!?! You blog more than most people on my feed (and relevant stuff too, actual content - not just video links :-P)!<BR/><BR/>On the blogging in general, I don’t think you can build even a small regular readership if your writing is <I>too</I> diverse. Unfortunately, if you want to reach more than just your friends/family you have to maintain a theme or focus of some kind. I don't particularly need to reach more people with my personal posts, but I would like to reach as many as possible with my 'issues' posts, so the goals are different too.<BR/><BR/>As for reacting to the negativity thing... I think the way I explained it to my husband is – when I’m on the football field I expect to get knocked around, but when I’m walking back to my car and they chase after and tackle me in the parking lot, I’m NOT ok with that. When I make a political post I expect things to get dirty and I’m ok with anyone attacking me, but when I make a light post about playing in the park with my kid - I really don’t want to hear sh*t about how I’m a terrible mother because of my political beliefs regarding blah blah... I looooove talking about politics, however, there are lines even I do not cross, and the most important is that I never call people names or personally attack them when debating (ie: “you’re f*cking stupid if you believe that”). I feel like what humanity was left in US discourse only further degenerated in the last election. If I’m going to fight my way through such a heartless scene, then I want my personal life involved as little as possible. <I>*sigh*</I>Pistolettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03252937552656138163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post-42768996335549129552009-03-09T17:56:00.000-05:002009-03-09T17:56:00.000-05:00Well, in SOME instances, blogging hasn't helped yo...Well, in SOME instances, blogging hasn't helped your spelling much. That's pretty nonsensical.<BR/><BR/>;-)Leigh C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13654596932726420097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post-47152530134932946852009-03-09T16:37:00.000-05:002009-03-09T16:37:00.000-05:00First of all Taylor is wrong. Blogging is nonsens...First of all Taylor is wrong. Blogging is nonsense. If it were anything like a worthwhile activity, I wouldn't be allowed within 20 miles of it.<BR/><BR/>Second, something funny has happened to me in the past few months. I only started blogging because I needed a more efficient way of sharing news links with friends than vie email. <BR/><BR/>And then, through the blog I met more people with whom to share the news and links. <BR/><BR/>And then, I started emailing them more frequently.<BR/><BR/>So now I don't blog quite as much stuff because I've already emailed people.<BR/><BR/>The life-cycle of internet nonsense.jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286740961016501208noreply@blogger.com