Comments on: You are not alone, nor am I http://www.organicmutant.com/2007/04/you-are-not-alone-nor-am-i/ Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:38:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: spider http://www.organicmutant.com/2007/04/you-are-not-alone-nor-am-i/comment-page-1/#comment-994 spider Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:46:45 +0000 http://www.organicmutant.com/2007/04/13/you-are-not-alone-nor-am-i/#comment-994 The key is not going off the deep end. Fact is, there is nothing wrong, per se, about reading blogs (or even watching teevee) or any other solo pursuit. On the other hand, when I ask myself what are my most wonderful, memorable, and cherished moments of, say this year (so far), the answers all include moments where I was with friends or family, rather the eveing when I saw the episode of <em>The Office</em> where Michael fires Dwight, or when I read a bunch of hilarious comments at <a href="http://atrios.blogspot.com/ rel="nofollow">Eschaton</a>. On the other hand I enjoy my solitude at times. Reading books, blogs, or magazines, exercising, taking naps - all hugely important parts of my life. But the real fun of it is when - afterwards - I get to hang out with my pals and shoot the shit. Maybe I will mention the hilarious blog post over at <ahref ="http://nothatwasyou.blogspot.com/2006/10/full-circle.html"> NoThatWasYou, or the latest Bush scandal, or <a href="http://www.nealstephenson.com/books.htm" rel="nofollow">that book</a> I just finished reading. But guess what, it is all less fun if I never get to share it with you people. And, for the record, in my book you are fully prepared.</ahref> The key is not going off the deep end. Fact is, there is nothing wrong, per se, about reading blogs (or even watching teevee) or any other solo pursuit. On the other hand, when I ask myself what are my most wonderful, memorable, and cherished moments of, say this year (so far), the answers all include moments where I was with friends or family, rather the eveing when I saw the episode of The Office where Michael fires Dwight, or when I read a bunch of hilarious comments at Eschaton.

On the other hand I enjoy my solitude at times. Reading books, blogs, or magazines, exercising, taking naps – all hugely important parts of my life. But the real fun of it is when – afterwards – I get to hang out with my pals and shoot the shit. Maybe I will mention the hilarious blog post over at NoThatWasYou, or the latest Bush scandal, or that book I just finished reading. But guess what, it is all less fun if I never get to share it with you people.

And, for the record, in my book you are fully prepared.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.organicmutant.com/2007/04/you-are-not-alone-nor-am-i/comment-page-1/#comment-993 Nancy Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:06:52 +0000 http://www.organicmutant.com/2007/04/13/you-are-not-alone-nor-am-i/#comment-993 I hear this.When I first read it I felt a little guilty because I'm on my blogs a lot lately, and I am aware that it's filling a void (so to speak). But right now so much of this stuff is expanding my mind and giving me ideas, giving me hope even. I see my blog and web 2.0 trolling as a research period that is helping me find community. There are lots of meetups for these communities, as I'm sure you're aware of and have been to (Pandora)! For the moment I'm hiding out a little, but it's in preparation for hooking up with my peeps in the very near future. I hear this.When I first read it I felt a little guilty because I’m on my blogs a lot lately, and I am aware that it’s filling a void (so to speak). But right now so much of this stuff is expanding my mind and giving me ideas, giving me hope even. I see my blog and web 2.0 trolling as a research period that is helping me find community. There are lots of meetups for these communities, as I’m sure you’re aware of and have been to (Pandora)! For the moment I’m hiding out a little, but it’s in preparation for hooking up with my peeps in the very near future.

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