http://moof.blogsplot.net Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:36:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My dear friend Joanie sent me this. It's supposed to be one of those email lists that you fill out and pass on to other people. I decided I would grease my blogging wheels by doing it on here instead, and inviting anyone who reads this to fill it out ... http://moof.blogsplot.net/2008/07/02/easing-slowly-into-blogging/ Where to begin ... ? First of all, I want to share that I've had the amazing experience of growing closer to some of my blog friends even when I wasn't actively blogging. Last November, I posted about online friendships ... and life promptly went on to confirm my thoughts. Over ... http://moof.blogsplot.net/2008/06/30/a-newsy-mishmash/ This afternoon, I found two emails in my inbox ... one right next to the other. One came in at 2:33 PM - that one was from Pattie, the Domesticator. The second one came 3 minutes later, and it was from Vijay. Both of them were comments that were forwarded ... http://moof.blogsplot.net/2008/06/12/my-absentee-note/ Rumors of my untimely demise are (somewhat) exaggerated. Really. (I think.) I've been receiving emails asking if I'm OK, if all is well, etc. Yes, I'm here, I'm alive, and as a dear friend used to say: "able to sit up and take nourishment." From the previous post, my readers know that ... http://moof.blogsplot.net/2008/03/04/checking-in/ And a saga it truly has been ... There has been a lot going on - some of which I shared with you, some of which I haven't, but many of you are aware of anyway ... and some that I've kept rather private ... The last time I gave everyone a ... http://moof.blogsplot.net/2007/12/15/the-saga-of-the-past-few-months/ The last several months have brought so many changes and challenges into my life that it's been hard to do much of anything but hang on tight, and hope that things pass. In the next few days, I will post a brief summary of what has been going on, so ... http://moof.blogsplot.net/2007/12/14/feeling-a-little-humbled/ No, I'm not gone forever, and neither do I intend to continue only posting once a month or so ... For those who don't know ... When we were moving home from camp this year, we were burglarized - not once, but twice! The buggers took off with everything of value ... http://moof.blogsplot.net/2007/11/21/happy-thanksgiving/ ... I'm not bashful ...! I'm going to beg anyway! :o) Would any of my kind and generous readers already belong to a social program named Jaiku? If so, I would dearly love an invitation! I will do your (virtual) dishes for a week! If you're a dude, I'll make (virtual) ... http://moof.blogsplot.net/2007/11/03/a-little-shy-of-beggars-night-but/ Somehow, that seems to be the theme, right now. Online communities like ours are waking up to the realization that we're more than just faceless, often nameless, origins for the words which flow across the medical blogosphere's monitors. We've become 3 dimensional, living, breathing, bleeding ... warm friends. There are ... http://moof.blogsplot.net/2007/11/02/online-friends/ Yesterday, The Laundress, Stacy, our old friend from Doc Around the Clock, and I were talking on Pownce; Laundress asked when my blogiversary was ... and I told her it was coming up this week. This morning, I checked the date ... and I was right! It's today. I actually ... http://moof.blogsplot.net/2007/11/01/2nd-blogiversary/