One of my best and most loyal readers is a family member who also has my phone number. He read last week that I was going to swear off the news for a week to protect my blood pressure. So when I posted a bunch of (peace-related!) news items he called me and said - what happened to your promise? I thought you weren't going to read the news?
This morning he called to ask why I was up posting at midnight and then again at nine this morning. Well I have an answer for that one - The "God Bless This Mess" post was actually composed at about 8 pm on February 5. I saved with the instructions to publish later, after midnight on the 6th of February. I wanted a fresh item for Wednesday morning, and I wanted my Arab world readers to see it early in their day. (i.e around 10 a.m. Beirut time) Then I went to bed at 10 pm, and TypePad published my post while I slept.
Sometimes when a blogger posts at midnight, it's because she composed the items earlier and timed them to post while she is sleeping. If a blogger is really organized, she can compose a series of posts before her vacation and time them to publish every day in her absence. This takes planning ahead.
Comment here if you think I'm posting too much. OK I will log off now and work on my novel. 1,000 words.
I am really tickled that my relative loves me so much that he's monitoring my internet activity! Hah!
Update: Dear cousin: I wrote 1,260 words, about four pages, this afternoon on this novel. OK? And my temperature is normal. I gave my poor character a fever, to explain why she's hearing all these voices when she's back in her house in her village after the war is over. I inflicted on her some of the symptoms I had this week when I was sick with a virus. Use everything in your fiction...
Thanks for your post at Rudely Stamped, Leila.
Oftentimes the comments people leave are not so flattering, so I'm especially appreciative of yours.
As for Edwards, yes, I was sympathetic to his message, too. But when he quit so early, I thought: That's not what a genuine advocate for the poor does. Someone really devoted to their cause stays in until his party's convention, where he can wield some real leverage on their behalf.
But I think for Edwards and all of the remaining presidential candidates, except for Ron Paul, this campaign is almost exclusively about ego.
Having said that, I ceratinly hope Obama wins, however, just for the change in tone it would bring to a nation that so desperately needs it.
Michael Blaine
www.rudelystamped.blogspot.com
Posted by: Michael Blaine | February 06, 2008 at 08:26 PM
I have bought Jerusalem as a virtual nation and set it up as a peace page on http://www.breakawayrepublix.com. Please register and become a citizen of Jerusalem and help us campaign for a two state solution.
Posted by: shaheen | February 07, 2008 at 02:10 PM
I didn't know you could "buy" Jerusalem. What a concept--even in a game.
No, you don't post too much. And it is nice to have family concerned for yr emotional health.
Posted by: Richard Silverstein | February 07, 2008 at 10:51 PM