tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post3719751931135271714..comments2024-03-21T03:35:20.539-04:00Comments on writing as jo(e): Flatjo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-85723892201324749542007-06-28T06:33:00.000-04:002007-06-28T06:33:00.000-04:00Sarah Sometimes: Nail polish? Of course not. I'...Sarah Sometimes: Nail polish? Of course not. I've never worn nail polish. <BR/><BR/>(I am now looking at the photo to see what you are talking about. I guess it's the way the shining off my fingernails.)jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-38259937316702072362007-06-28T03:47:00.000-04:002007-06-28T03:47:00.000-04:00I love your blogging style, and the way you word t...I love your blogging style, and the way you word things.<BR/><BR/>I love that you're comfortable enough with yourself and your friends to lay flat on the ground in public like that. Wonderful.purple_kangaroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02543172194041505144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-30838897413824761712007-06-27T23:15:00.000-04:002007-06-27T23:15:00.000-04:00Yes, all of this is very interesting, but what I w...Yes, all of this is very interesting, but what I want to know is . . . are you really wearing nail polish in the photo?Sarah Sometimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09415284135104217978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-8921462304487198002007-06-26T11:49:00.000-04:002007-06-26T11:49:00.000-04:00Lovely post.Lovely post.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-40112654869877193222007-06-25T15:31:00.000-04:002007-06-25T15:31:00.000-04:00This is a beautiful post! I am in awe of the way y...This is a beautiful post! I am in awe of the way you always seem to find the perfect words for describing things. Your posts are such a treat to read.ccwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319415763862282537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-59236243737657143282007-06-25T11:04:00.000-04:002007-06-25T11:04:00.000-04:00I am amazed at what the world of blogging has done...I am amazed at what the world of blogging has done for me -- new friends that I would have otherwise never known. Who could ask for more?Anjalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469613639032593194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-12365287878549869772007-06-25T01:08:00.000-04:002007-06-25T01:08:00.000-04:00I just glanced at the photo before reading your po...I just glanced at the photo before reading your post. Since I'm used to seeing you from faceless, I didn't think twice about the photo. I was struck by how tan you are, though!Jennifer (ponderosa)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17712875613623664156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-31372922964170590992007-06-24T22:35:00.000-04:002007-06-24T22:35:00.000-04:00Excellent, excellent post--I love the idea of "fla...Excellent, excellent post--I love the idea of "flat" vs. dimensional--so true. I wish I new more dimensional bloggers...Aliki2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/15763865834765963343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-64285858115504928722007-06-24T18:56:00.000-04:002007-06-24T18:56:00.000-04:00Yeah, you were about 30 minutes away. :-) I live ...Yeah, you were about 30 minutes away. :-) I live in the City About Twenty Miles West of the City You Were In. :-)my15minuteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17120108669030817877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1942051918495991082007-06-24T14:03:00.000-04:002007-06-24T14:03:00.000-04:00We have two small window AC units for our bedrooms...We have two small window AC units for our bedrooms, and only use them at night, and I can't tell you how many people here in Mid-Atlantic Crabby State think we're completely nuts! Granted, our area gets more heat and humidity then upstate NY does, but I just don't like constant AC. The air is staler, dryer, and so artificial feeling. Also, it cuts me off from the weather and the seasons, which I truly dislike. <BR/><BR/>I find myself referring to certain bloggers as "friends" in real-life conversations, even tho I've never had a blogger meet-up (am trying to remedy that!). I'm also surprised whenever a RL friend says, "yeah, I saw that on your blog.jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773428182105442661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-70407998229573486122007-06-24T12:24:00.000-04:002007-06-24T12:24:00.000-04:00Well, I think you've finally hit on a way to get m...Well, I think you've finally hit on a way to get more conversation in the comments! ;) <BR/><BR/>(What, exactly, it is, I'm not sure. Talking about your readers? About blogging itself? AC?)<BR/><BR/>As you know from our conversations, AC is so ridiculous as it is generally used. I appreciate being cooler, but... somehow it is unthinkable that it might be set at something reasonable, such as 80F when it's 90F outside. Heck, now that it's summer, when we get a chilly day - which my summer-adapted body defines as "less than 75F" - I want to go inside to get warm!<BR/><BR/>btw - if you'd like a smaller-kb version of that picture, it would take no time at all for me to make one and send it to you. (Since none of the pics I uploaded at the conference were edited, as they since have been - I'll try to remember to send you the link to the online versions, too.)Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041247235612040796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-518937869796688582007-06-24T10:38:00.000-04:002007-06-24T10:38:00.000-04:00I love the photo and realte completely to the AC p...I love the photo and realte completely to the AC phenom. We were in university buildings at OSU all week and literally women and men were shivering visibly (and leaving the rooms) to get warm during sessions. Somehow out here no one understands what "temperate" means. :)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, what I loved in this post is the exploration of what the reader brings to the text. This was new to me in grad school but so easily seen in blogging and online communities. I've easily met more than 30 Internet friends and have Internet contacts working for me that I've never met in person.<BR/><BR/>Reading Facebook and how kids communicate is yet another way things are changing. I hope to blog about that and I'd be interested in your thoughts, too, since you interact with this next generation in your own family and with students.<BR/><BR/>Love your writing.<BR/><BR/>JulieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00088119765077193302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-6011083936542481392007-06-24T10:22:00.000-04:002007-06-24T10:22:00.000-04:00My15minutes: If you follow the link to Friendly Gr...My15minutes: If you follow the link to <A HREF="http://www.asle.umn.edu/" REL="nofollow">Friendly Green Association</A>, you can figure out where I was. I am now wondering if maybe I was somewhere near you.<BR/><BR/>Lilian and Cloudscome: I like that I was at your blogger meet-up, even though I wasn't there physically. That's one of the cool things about blogger meet-ups. First, you talk about your own backstories, and then you talk about blogs you read and bloggers you've met. It's kind of like running into someone you met in high school and talking about all the people you know in common and what they are up to these days.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-72179795423343520902007-06-24T09:49:00.000-04:002007-06-24T09:49:00.000-04:00It sounds as if you had a wonderful time at the co...It sounds as if you had a wonderful time at the conference!<BR/><BR/>Isn't it amazing about blogging. It's like telling a story around the campfire with all the people of the world commenting and questioning.Busymomma66https://www.blogger.com/profile/04103437671327397923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-71583223120790387052007-06-24T09:06:00.000-04:002007-06-24T09:06:00.000-04:00Well put. Yes.Well put. Yes.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-26488389982974169982007-06-24T08:56:00.000-04:002007-06-24T08:56:00.000-04:00One thing I hate about my job is the air condition...One thing I hate about my job is the air conditioning. Because of all the computer heat it runs even in winter. By May I am swearing in frustration at being constantly cold. I have to sneak out the computer lab door sometimes to bask in the heat of the sun on the stone wall. YAY for summer heat!<BR/><BR/>I love this post about blogging as medium. Creative non-fiction is my favorite kind of blog to read. I think you have the perfect balance of enhanced realism, depth, humor and dialog. When we met last summer Lillian and I had fun sharing our connection to your blog and to each other. She filled me in on some of the backstory of your life that I had missed. Isn't that amazing, how I feel I know you better because I made friends with another blogger who reads you too?Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-66659322366069380382007-06-24T08:35:00.000-04:002007-06-24T08:35:00.000-04:00As a southerner, of course I'm latching on to the ...As a southerner, of course I'm latching on to the idea that you were in the south, and wondering where?! You cracked me up about putting on fleece for the AC. :-)my15minuteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17120108669030817877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-80939732926282872862007-06-24T07:46:00.000-04:002007-06-24T07:46:00.000-04:00Jo(e) you have such a gift of words. You did desc...Jo(e) you have such a gift of words. You did describe blogging so well. I saw a woman sunning herself along a canal in our city and it made me think of you, he hair was the same and she looked like you, from the back of course because we have never met. I find it funny that I think of a lot different bloggers everyday when I have never met them in real life, one day perhaps.<BR/><BR/>As for the airconditioning... we have now had it for two years and I still don't like it. I hate the way it makes me feel to go from cold to hot and hot to cold. I never used to have problems getting hot in the summer, but now if I have been freezing for most of the night then I die of heat the next day. We have in our car now too it is a terrible thing this a/c makes it hard to enjoy the wonderful warmth of summer.BeachMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17936777379292996065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-2193822648473893722007-06-24T05:25:00.000-04:002007-06-24T05:25:00.000-04:00Excellently well said. I've been reading (lurking)...Excellently well said. I've been reading (lurking) your blog for quite some time now and really enjoy the way you look at the world and the way you share it.lizardekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471997824468257941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-53651117915561659952007-06-24T02:13:00.000-04:002007-06-24T02:13:00.000-04:00I LOVE this.I LOVE this.flutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828689769747130419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-14991143870054710592007-06-24T01:26:00.000-04:002007-06-24T01:26:00.000-04:00AWESOME post! I hope to become a three dimensional...AWESOME post! I hope to become a three dimensional person for you someday too :). And actually, in spite of the fact that reading blog posts allows for a very limited and perhaps "flat" view of a person, for me the people whose blogs I read are very real and I feel like I know them quite deeply (depending on the person and the style of posts). I love it when I get to meet fact to face with them, but for me these meetings have been going quite seamlessly. The "virtual" is actually real when it comes to people who blog candidly about their lives.<BR/><BR/>When I met Cloudscome, for example (and we did talk quite a bit about you then :), we felt like we were old friends, like we already knew each other so well. <BR/><BR/>This medium definitely changed my life for the better, it filled this great void that I had after I left my country and all my friends to become an expatriate here. And I totally agree with you that blogs "have dimensions that have yet to be explored."Lilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03809018728037248794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-48263898335626330672007-06-23T22:09:00.000-04:002007-06-23T22:09:00.000-04:00I loved this post, jo(e). Every bit of it. You sai...I loved this post, jo(e). Every bit of it. You said it all so well.Kylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311014761113076785noreply@blogger.com