I Believed in Santa Claus

The Great Interview Experiment Returns
We’ve all seen interviews on blog posts.  The Great Interview Experiment (GIE) is different.   It is a celebration of blogging and a challenge to those who talk about community in abstract terms.   How often do we acknowledge the existence of the larger community, including those who are different? Two years ago, when I first started

Delurk 2009: Keep on Rolling
Hey, Reader, Jump Aboard Come Aboard My Train We Travel at the Speed of Light In Snow and Mist and Rain Woo-Hoo, Feel that Mighty Engine Woo-Hoo, See that Hot Steam Rise Nothin’ Stops this Baby When This Locomotive Flies You hear that Whistle Blowing? The Wind Breezing through your Hair? This Train Will Take You Places Without Going Anywhere! All Aboard the Citizen! It’s Quite a Sight to See So Tell Me Your Name, Baby Cause the Ticket’s Always Free Step aboard and introduce yourself to the other passengers and/or hobos. Monday will be the first sign-up day for Th

Holiday Traditions on Citizen of the Month
For 10 months of the year, I insult my readers and ridicule their ridiculous, poorly-written blogs. But every Halloween, I write a very scary story and all the darkness that was growing in my soul fades, and I see the world in a new brighter way, like a Scrooge reformed. The writing itself frees me of my demons, and all that is left is lov

The Mommyblogger’s Demon Child
(introduction from two weeks ago) They were beautiful. They were talented. They were some of the finest writers and photographers on the internet — strong, independent women, business-women, mothers — mommybloggers. This weekend, twenty-five of these top mommybloggers met for a weekend summit in one of the most famous spas in Scottsdale, Arizona. The schedule called for pampering and catered meals, but also a serious discussion on important matters that deeply concerned the women of the blogosphere. On Sunday morning, after a delightful breakfast buffet on the patio, Janet, the summit organizer, tapped her mimosa glass w

The Dread Crew Meme
Long time readers of this blog know that I am too lazy to ever do a meme.   They are hard work!    Recently, Kate Inglis, who blogs at “Sweet / Salty” put up a meme on her blog as a promotion for her new book, “The Dread Crew.”   The fact that I am doing this meme should tell you a lot about what I think about her.    She is a special person, soon-to-be big-s