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schlump

Yep, you guessed it, folks. I’m in a blog slump! This slump is brought to you by two factors. And the letter M. The two factors aaaaare:
1. Personal stuff that is not bloggable at this time, but will come out eventually.
2. A need I’m feeling to experience life in a more [...]

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blog until you die!

Everyone is talking about this NYT article about a couple of bloggers who died recently, possibly of stress-related (heart) illnesses.  Alright, alright.  The article is interesting and timely, but did we really need the drama?  In communications theory, they call this type of behavior the “tabloidization of the elite media.”   Sounds very sociological with it’s [...]

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TSA 2.0 & other bloggy stuff

As I commented over at Shrinking Isaac, I think that the woman with the nipple piercing has a point.  Despite this gaffe from one of their employees, apparently the TSA is not run by no dummies.  They have a blog, with amusing and informative video content.  I found this while researching blogging, which turns into [...]

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on blogging

This post is dedicated to all the socio-bloggers who have mused about quitting lately, as it seems like there are a few. Becoming Dr. Warner seems to be closed down, Radio Free Newport is considering quitting, as is New Soc Prof… and many others have talked about quitting in comments.
You know, when I was [...]

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holy crap

holy crap
my blog is linked to on CNN’s web site! It’s not merit-based, but it’s still kinda cool.

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Um, Hi

Hello bloggy people. I don’t know why, but I’m having a hard time getting into the swing of things this semester. I’m two weeks in, and I’m basically just on the edge of being prepared for everything. Like, one false move and I’ll be in the dreaded position of being… (gasp) behind. [...]

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Beach

Hey!  Are you reading this in an RSS feeder or on Facebook?  Well do me a favor and come look at the new template.  I decided to go to a light-colored multi-column affair.  Thoughts?

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Cool: CMU did some magic math and came up with the 100 most informative blogs. Austinist, which I used to contribute to, made it into the list as #67.  I am still technically on the staff, but I have not been very active because, well, I’m in grad school.  And as much as [...]

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