Comments on: 3-D Blogging

By: Polaris

Polaris — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:58:51 +0000

What a wonderful post! I enjoyed reading about your meeting with litlove and Mr. litlove. Also, I’ve got two more blogs (unrelaxed dad’s and Ingrid’s) to check out now.

The picture is awesome and I wonder why it makes me think of Sherlock Holmes.

By: bloglily

bloglily — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:28:51 +0000

Hello Jana! He is a great guy — a jewel, as you say. As for meeting up with internet friends, good grief — do you realize we live minutes away from each other and we’ve never had coffee? I missed your art show last year, because I was recovering from radiation, but I’d love to get together, especially now that you know I’m not a total, huge, weirdo.

Hey Courtney — I’m probably totally wrong about facebook. I should probably just embrace it, but then my job is to be deeply suspicious of things my children want to do, and then — after some appropriate amount of kvetching about the young ‘uns — give in and acknowledge that the world they are creating isn’t so bad after all.

Hi Kate — I’m so glad you stopped by! Ingrid is lovely, isn’t she? I’m keeping my fingers crossed that others find her script as magical as it is.

Oh Archie — I’m actually going to write a book about the influence of mad, funny, creative, and wonderful Australians on all the universe.

Hello and Welcome, Nessa. Why, you’re welcome! There are a lot of good blogs out there, aren’t there?

LK — Are you sure that wasn’t the number 51 bus rumbling by? Or maybe an earthquake? (And don’t you think we should be having coffee, because you, like Jana, live about two seconds away from me?)

Ben, I love knowing that about your dad!

By: Jana Bouc

Jana Bouc — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:00:21 +0000

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this post. Your premise about telling our kids not to give internet “friends” information, let alone meet them, and then going off to meet your own internet friends made me stop and think since I’ve met several internet friends myself. But considering all the much riskier things I did earlier in life, like hitchhiking everywhere, it’s not such a worry. How wonderful that you have such a supportive husband and that you recognize him for the jewel he is.

By: Nessa

Nessa — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:37:55 +0000

Hey thanks for introducing me to all those great blogs. Always fun to find alternative takes on lit.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:18:45 +0000

I just loved reading this post (although I should note I am on facebook and utterly represent myself, I PROMISE!) – the sensibility and character of the bloggers I follow I simply assumes would transcend the freak/axe murderer quotient, but one never REALLY knows…so good to hear about your experience!

By: kate

kate — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:24:58 +0000

It must have been wonderful meeting Ingrid and hearing about her script. It was enjoyable catching up with your blog. I haven’t read it for a long while.

By: archiearchive FCD

archiearchive FCD — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:53:45 +0000

I’m so glad none of the bloggers you met turned out to be an axe murderer

While I haven’t read Unrelaxed Dad or Girl in a Cafe, I have read lots and lots of Litlove. Now I, along with the blog historians of the future, will be looking for a trans-Atlantic influence in each of your blogs.

“It was after a meeting at Cambridge that Litlove developed her later interest in Quebecian and Louisianian authors writing in French while Bloglily began writing her renowned book of the influence of Shakespeare on Harold Pinter.”

By: LK

LK — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:51:20 +0000

Wow, Bloglily and Litlove. That’s like the detente of book blogging! I think I felt my bookcases move…

By: ombudsben

ombudsben — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:39:07 +0000

I’ll second all that TIV and Bloglily wrote; it is a microcosm of what all parents face, knowing the real world for what it is and showing the young’uns how to navigate.

On a cheerier note — my retired Dad joined AOL early on and made fast friends with a group. He’s happy as a lark with them, visits them in England, and recently when one couldn’t make a planned trip to Naples and Sicily he and my Mom went in their stead.

He passes their email jokes on. Some of them are even new. And even with the re-circulating humor, it’s nice to think they’re all getting another laugh. They deserve it.

By: bloglily

bloglily — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:06:24 +0000

Thanks, Ben. It’s a terrific thing, I think, the connections people make when they read each other day after day.

Absolutely, Charlotte. I am going to try to make that event in Philadelphia also — what a great thing to look forward to.

Hello Kim, and Welcome! What fun to see your site. I particularly liked your definition of “normal” for those who have children, which includes the eye tick I get many days when I try to explain for the six millionth time that we brush our teeth so they do not fall out of our heads.

Litlove, sealed indeed. xoxox, L

You are absolutely right, TIV. My children, of course, don’t believe that — they think if I do it, they can do it. Well, that has its limits, of course. For example, I wash an awful lot of dishes and cook an awful lot of meals and no one seems to think that means THEY can do it too.

Emily, Here’s to Philly! Let me know when there are dates and I’ll try to make sure I’m there.

Twelve years, yogamum! That’s pretty wonderful.

Ingrid, Truth. I’m so looking forward to following the fate of that script, by the way.

Oh, U-Dad, so THAT’s why we met at the British Museum, in the very crowded great court! No axe murderers we, huh? And yes, there was a lot left to say, wasn’t there, but then again there always is, and that’s what the blog is for, I guess.

By: Ben Daniel

Ben Daniel — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:20:38 +0000

Wonderful post. I’m happy to hear of people making true–that is to say face to face– friendships on the web. Keep up the good work.

Ben

By: charlotteotter

charlotteotter — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:56:03 +0000

How wonderful for you to have met some of your favourite UK-based bloggers. Isn’t it fun when someone becomes so much more than just their distinctive voice? Promise me that I’ll be first on the list when you one day make a visit to Germany …

(As for that Philly meet-up, I would seriously consider flying over for it. Imagine the fun!)

By: kwjwrites

kwjwrites — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:59:01 +0000

I assure you, BL, I am as normal as they get, despite what my children say. I do have a Face Book (and MySpace) account, but I primarily use it to connect with other writers. However, I completely agree with you that there are far too many weirdos out there, waiting to pounce on the innocent and unsuspecting. Let’s pray that those of us with more mundane intentions are the predominant force at some point.

kwjwrites
(Kim)

By: litlove

litlove — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:30:56 +0000

Oh dearest BL! I am so touched I don’t quite know what to say! It was a complete delight to meet you. I’m afraid your words have gone completely to my husband’s head, and I fear he might well print this post out and frame it, or make us read it every morning! It’s lovely to feel that our friendship is now well and truly sealed.

By: TIVtheindividualvoice

TIVtheindividualvoice — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:57:48 +0000

I think as adults we have better instincts about weirdness of people over the internet than our kids do, so there’s no comparison. People may pretend to be who they are not, but they aren’t going to be big adult pedophiles trying to lure a child into a sex trap by pretending to be a kid.