New York…ummm, no. I mean Teh Apple! The apple that has had me green as a worm for years…the apple that is grey and shiny and cooperative….you know, that one. I found out the day before yesterday that I get to start using the new MacBook Pro, 15 inch. SO excited!!! When I [...]

(Oh! I hope this title does not earn me spam out the wazoo!!)
After reading Cathy’s comment, I started thinking about the amateur versus the professional, what makes the amateur write in a blog over time, what makes the professional? Do they have the same dedication, does earning money with something make you less passionate about [...]

Too angry to do nothing

[tags]take back the night [/tags]
btw, these posters were found online and modified. they are pretty, but now mine! click on the picture for origin.

Last year Umeå was terrorized by a serial rapist who was eventually caught. The day after catching him, the local paper called and asked me for an editorial. In it I wrote that I was afraid that the fear Umeå felt would become ingrained in the community. I hope I was wrong.

In the last two [...]

i know i said that i would not change my stylesheet anymore, and i really did not want to, but the format was just not working for me anymore. i had too much info in the sidebar and it was taking too long to scroll for the links i needed . another column was necessary. [...]

Once thing that has become interesting in the course of comparing definitions is the weight placed on style or format. In traditional definitions, format is discussed as the most important factor. How many times have you read ‘A weblog, or blog, is a series of short texts, set in reverse chronological order, date stamped and [...]

I sent out an email Friday morning to quite a diverse group of people asking for their definitions of a blog and *wow* the response! I want to give a great big thank you to those who took the time to answer (who I will email individual thanks soon). Comparing the responses with current ‘acceptable’ [...]

did not see this coming at all! the spontaneous ones are the best kind!!! (and yes, it smells *so* good!)