Comments on: Blog talk http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:40:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Harry Forbes http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29504 Harry Forbes Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:43:48 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29504 Is blogging a calling? Could be. I once wondered <a>if St. Paul would be a blogger</a>. <i>But when the feeling does come, it often means you're in the right place, doing what you were meant to do, with people who understand and share that feeling.</i> Yes, indeed. Yield who will to their separation My object in living is to unite My avocation and my vocation As my two eyes make one in sight. Only when love and need are one And the work is play for mortal stakes Is the deed ever really done For heaven and the future's sakes. Is blogging a calling? Could be. I once wondered if St. Paul would be a blogger.

But when the feeling does come, it often means you’re in the right place, doing what you were meant to do, with people who understand and share that feeling.

Yes, indeed.

Yield who will to their separation
My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation
As my two eyes make one in sight.

Only when love and need are one
And the work is play for mortal stakes
Is the deed ever really done
For heaven and the future’s sakes.

]]> By: gcotharn http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29505 gcotharn Sat, 01 Jul 2006 03:25:10 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29505 Your tactile friends are, to some degree, thrust upon you by fate. Bloggers are my cyber-friends, and I choose which cyber-friends to hang out with. Some things I really like about cyber-friends: --they are conveniently available. --they are never inconvenient. --if I am not interested in the conversation, I can quickly move on, w/o worrying about hurting anyone's feelings. Your tactile friends are, to some degree, thrust upon you by fate. Bloggers are my cyber-friends, and I choose which cyber-friends to hang out with.

Some things I really like about cyber-friends:
–they are conveniently available.
–they are never inconvenient.
–if I am not interested in the conversation, I can quickly move on, w/o worrying about hurting anyone’s feelings.

]]> By: Sissy Willis http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29506 Sissy Willis Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:28:59 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29506 Darling. What a wonderful post. <a href="http://sisu.typepad.com/sisu/2004/07/any_mark_twain_.html">Mark Twain would have been a blogger.</a> Darling. What a wonderful post.

Mark Twain would have been a blogger.

]]> By: richard http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29507 richard Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:38:13 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29507 for some blogging is a calling, no question, for some a hobby. how about using the term vocation. it's the term Max Weber used about the Protestant ethic and the sense of personal mission that they individually felt. at least this one has the interactive merit of a calling to enter into conversation with others. some of those early modern protestant callings cd be quite isolated. for some blogging is a calling, no question, for some a hobby. how about using the term vocation. it’s the term Max Weber used about the Protestant ethic and the sense of personal mission that they individually felt.

at least this one has the interactive merit of a calling to enter into conversation with others. some of those early modern protestant callings cd be quite isolated.

]]> By: Solomon http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29508 Solomon Sat, 01 Jul 2006 05:09:37 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29508 Some of us are just plain nuts, with lots of conflicts just below the surface. Blogging is a twitch. Some of us are just plain nuts, with lots of conflicts just below the surface. Blogging is a twitch.

]]> By: Teresa http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29510 Teresa Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:04:10 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29510 I don't know if it's a calling or not for me - <a href="http://badexample.mu.nu/">Harvey </a>had to convince me to blog instead of merely commenting. I still consider myself to be a better commenter than blogger. And yes I'm quite sure I've been described as a blowhard. *grin* I've got an opinion and I will express it. It was wonderful meeting you yesterday. I don’t know if it’s a calling or not for me - Harvey had to convince me to blog instead of merely commenting. I still consider myself to be a better commenter than blogger.

And yes I’m quite sure I’ve been described as a blowhard. *grin* I’ve got an opinion and I will express it.

It was wonderful meeting you yesterday.

]]> By: misskelly http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29509 misskelly Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:12:11 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29509 Harry, Is there supposed to be a link to your post (about St. Paul)? Neo, very sweet and thoughtful! Harry, Is there supposed to be a link to your post (about St. Paul)?

Neo, very sweet and thoughtful!

]]> By: camojack http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29511 camojack Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:47:10 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29511 <i>"My guess is that many of the commenters here may share some of the same traits as bloggers: lots of ideas and the need to express them."</i> My guess is that many of the commenters here <b>are</b> bloggers. I know <i><b>I'm</b></i> a blogger, albeit not a particularly prodigious or prolific one...but I tend to suspect you are correct; "lots of ideas and the need to express them"... “My guess is that many of the commenters here may share some of the same traits as bloggers: lots of ideas and the need to express them.”

My guess is that many of the commenters here are bloggers. I know I’m a blogger, albeit not a particularly prodigious or prolific one…but I tend to suspect you are correct; “lots of ideas and the need to express them”…

]]> By: Daniel in Brookline http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29512 Daniel in Brookline Sat, 01 Jul 2006 10:12:01 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29512 ...and some of us are Boston-based bloggers who are kicking themselves over having had previous commitments on Thursday. Next time at my place, folks! respectfully, …and some of us are Boston-based bloggers who are kicking themselves over having had previous commitments on Thursday. Next time at my place, folks!

respectfully,

]]> By: MissyP http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29513 MissyP Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:46:08 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29513 I think blogging is only a calling for some. You need to have the talent towrite! I think blogging is only a calling for some. You need to have the talent towrite!

]]> By: MissyP http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29514 MissyP Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:49:11 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29514 it is a calling for you neo it is a calling for you neo

]]> By: senescentwasp http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29515 senescentwasp Sun, 02 Jul 2006 02:29:26 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29515 Given enough banning, a definite pattern will emerge on IP ranges of the trolls and they'll be gone for good. Enough attempts to get around the blocking and a case can be made to a ISP. Alert button has been pressed and conned's time here is counting down. Given enough banning, a definite pattern will emerge on IP ranges of the trolls and they’ll be gone for good. Enough attempts to get around the blocking and a case can be made to a ISP.

Alert button has been pressed and conned’s time here is counting down.

]]> By: simon kenton http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29516 simon kenton Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:44:54 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29516 You ought to invite <a href="http://www.bebere.blogspot.com/">Bebere</a>; I think she propinks. You ought to invite Bebere; I think she propinks.

]]> By: Jordan http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29517 Jordan Mon, 03 Jul 2006 05:04:59 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/06/30/blog-talk/#comment-29517 There are some out there like myself that just blog for fun since I do not have the gift of being able to articulate myself in writing. But you Neo are always a joy to read and I find myself thinking of subjects in a way I had not before. Keep up the great work. I understand what you mean about that feeling of being with a group that "gets it". In Minnesota there is a huge group of us that call ourselves the MOB (MN Organization of Bloggers) and we always have a blast when we get together. Let's not forget that blogs can change the world. Powerline & LGF did it with Rathergate and the freedom blogs are popping up like weeds in Iran, Ukraine, Cuba....yes, democracy and freedom are a contagious bug! There are some out there like myself that just blog for fun since I do not have the gift of being able to articulate myself in writing.
But you Neo are always a joy to read and I find myself thinking of subjects in a way I had not before.
Keep up the great work.
I understand what you mean about that feeling of being with a group that “gets it”. In Minnesota there is a huge group of us that call ourselves the MOB (MN Organization of Bloggers) and we always have a blast when we get together.
Let’s not forget that blogs can change the world. Powerline & LGF did it with Rathergate and the freedom blogs are popping up like weeds in Iran, Ukraine, Cuba….yes, democracy and freedom are a contagious bug!

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