My friend Ann (not her real name) and I had a long discussion about blogs a couple of years ago. I think I can safely say that we were both fascinated by the blogosphere, and at different stages of acceptance of the how blogs change the boundary between private and public. There's a certain repulsion, for some, in the perceived confessional or vain nature of thinking that one's thoughts and words would be of interest to anyone else, including total strangers. Let's face it, you don't publish a blog without knowing that others may see it. It's the Internet, man... In my conversation with Ann, while sharing her aversion to exhibitionist diarists, I defended the blog as a democratizing force in the information world. Still, it has taken a few years, and a major shift in my schedule to bring me to the threshold of starting my own, pseudonymous blog. A wee little foray into throwing my 2 cents into the well of the World Wide Web.
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