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  August 1, 2003


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S
ome interesting things happening around the blogosphere this week:

The 2003 Blogathon for Charity occurred last Saturday. Hundreds of bloggers raised money for charities of their choice by blogging for 24 hours straight. Whew! To all the survivors and sponsors, good show.

Two very funny items from Doug the Dynamic Driveler. First, Gayisms, a literate and hilarious set of quotations about homosexuality. Doug got the list by e-mail and no one seems to know where it came from. Someone send a copy to those hatemongers Bush and the Pope.

And second, a priceless true story with a happy ending about a cat name Rudy. Read it when you're feeling down.

Some new and very promising Salon Blogs that I just stumbled on this week:
  • Leslie Talbot at It's Not Me..It's You describes the perils of the single life. Wonderful, fluid, intelligent, engaging stories. Check out 'The Hardest Job in the World' especially.
  • Dick Jones' Patteran Pages are full of smart, inspiring posts on a wide variety of subjects, beautifully written and full of personal insights.
  • Gavin Morris has built a really stunning, immaculately laid-out blog on a Salon framework. Hope he creates some themes for the rest of us Radio users to adopt. Englishman Gavin is a true globe-trotter, and has some amazing photos and stories from far-away places.
And of course today is the day to submit your final 26 Things photos (my entry for the subject of transport is shown above). Since getting my new  Fujifilm Finepix digicam last month, I'm sufficiently entranced with photography to be considering compiling a composite 26 Things consisting of links to the best (imho anyway) photo on each of the 26 subjects.

Thought for the day: Getting a new computer is like moving. You are absolutely forced to look at all the junk you've accumulated and get rid of the non-essential. It is nerve-wracking but at the end of it you feel noticeably lighter, better organized and actually able to find stuff. Now if you'll excuse me I need to go take my ulcer medication.

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