No more ridiculous than a cool drink on a hot day.
Fuck it, I'm only going to read cat blogs from now on. They would never let me down like this.
I'll be away all weekend (DC! NYC!) and then for like ten days starting next weekend (LA! SF!). Sorry, blog.
3: And if they did, at least they'd put out a big bowl of dry food.
3: You sound like you're feeling insufficiently guilty.
Is it:
a) irrelevant
b) self-absorbed, or
c) helpful
for me to mention that I'll be out of town till Tuesday and so posting will be light?
Mention it? Helpful. If only so we know you didn't drown in the river behind your house.
Post about it? Self-absorbed. A comment would suffice.
None of the other active posters ever mention it when they leave.
I think they actually often do, just not on the main page. See, e.g., comment 4.
Post about it? Self-absorbed. A comment would suffice.
Oh whatever. Can you come pick my family up from the airport and drive us to our hotel? It will be after your kids are asleep and your wife is out, but just let me know if you're unwilling to help a friend.
No, heebie. If the whole post had been about your belly button, as I had originally assumed, then that would have been self-absorbed.
Wait, you are posting something to your blog, and wondering if it is self absorbed? Self-absorption is one of the main things blogs are for.
I blog to serve. This is a commenter-serving institution. It's safe.
4: When are you going to be here?
The week of 8/15. I haven't exactly figured out which parts of TBA I'll be in on which dates (and we're also heading up to some sort of backwater called "Davis" for some reason), but I hope to call for a meet-up once the plan is more settled.
A few weeks ago, when Moby posted the "Vamanos. Es un libro de cocina" comment, I didn't get it, and then someone sent me over to the wikipedia page on the Twilight Zone episode. I read it with half my attention, recognized it from other cultural references, and then went to run a bunch of errands.
About halfway through Lowe's I suddenly stopped and realized "OHHHH! Hispanic-serving institution!" and now I can't stop giggling internally at work, because I hear that phrase all the freaking time.
13: Say the word and that meet-up could be at my house, with dinner served and everything.
Yes, that is likely. Stanley, would your band like to practice for a bit at my house before or (preferably) after?
17: I think in the interests of the Unfogged Social Science Research Project this meet-up must occur.
You, we worry about. Nosflow, not so much.
Oh, man. Would that I were traveling with the band...
In any case, I'll keep you posted. Megan: can you email me? The Unfogged one is working.
Just you and your drums would also be lovely.
Yes, I'll email you.
One thing I've noticed in my career as a meidiocre-to-failure-of-a blogger is that after a long silence during which people do not update their RSS feeds, if I start posting again, a few people always unsubscribe.
I've done it too. You get used to reading a certain number of feeds/posts and if something starts adding to that it has a higher bar to reach than maybe it did back when you first subscribed. My favorite though was when I actually posted that I was quitting blogging at an old blog of mine and 2 or 3 people subscribed during the next few months, even though the quit announcement was the top of the front page.
Oh boy, meetup, and (I think) I'll be around without houseguests!
No, heebie. If the whole post had been about your belly button, as I had originally assumed, then that would have been self-absorbed.
Only if it was an innie.