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March 08, 2007
Whodunnit?
I've found this article about online blogging and how its in transition (is it really dying? I dunno...perhaps...I've found a few beadmakers that I used to read are gone)...One of the points is that its hard to write a blog every day...I can attest to that...my life is just not that exciting and so I struggle with things to write about...I was thinking of going more to an 'every few days' update...I've been trying to update each day, but with smaller content, just cause I feel like I should...I'm curious to see how this all plays out in the blogging world, tho...
I love mysteries...especially old movie mysteries like Sherlock Holmes...last night I watched a few old Basil Rathbone Sherlocks and laughed at how stupid they made Watson to be...I watch the Sherlocks on Biography all the time, and while Watson isn't as keen as Holmes, he's not a complete boob as the 1946 movies would lead you to believe...I've never read the books, perhaps he was that dumb, but he was a DOCTOR...and you can't be all that dumb to be a doctor, right? I also like movies set on trains, from the 1940's...whether a mystery or comedy, there's something funny about people squashed on a train, trying to out-run one another when there's no place to go...
I also enjoy Poirot and will watch those episodes on Biography anytime they come on - even tho I've seen them dozens of times...one of the nice things is, I tend to forget who the culprit was (maybe on purpose, or maybe cause I'm only half paying attention while making beads or knitting), so each time I view it, its a suprise...brilliant!
I finally finished a clog in progress that I gave up on when I realized I would run out of the fuchsia yarn I chose..there was only 1 skein of it, I bought it and now I can't find another in town..and to make matters better, I lost the paper tag w/ the identity number on it...so, my solution - make the second clog in another color combo...and then add decorations to both to tie them together...I mean, who's gonna see them except me...I'm cool with colorful clogs that don't match exactly...maybe I'll start a new trend...
As for beads, i actually have quite a few, but am not ready to post anything yet because I'm still playing in the lab...I'll letcha know when they're ready, tho...I need to work in some Spring colors and get out of the browns...
Posted by Donner at March 8, 2007 01:30 PM
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Donna, I look forward to reading your blog daily. It's a life that is different than mine in another part of the country and I like the anticipation you build by informing us when beads will be available.
I think blogs work great in small worlds...like the bead world. Thousands of people might read a political blog, but a much smaller group will read a nicely written one such as yours.
It's fun to read the progress of your home decorating and yard landscaping...even the creatures that come and go with the seasons especially since I work from home and don't talk with a lot of people daily.
I would miss you if you didn't blog daily!
Julie
Posted by: Julie V at March 8, 2007 05:55 PM
I love reading up on what is happening to you. You have such a fun way of putting things.
I love Basil Rathbone, and the old Sherlock movies - Watson is not as much of a boob in the books so much as just not as smart or driven as Holmes. I love them all. I grew up watching old movies on Saturday afternoons and I feel my life is richer for it. And who is more handsome than a 30's-40's movie star, especially an English one!?
Thanks again for the great beads and I am having fun with them - one I don't think I can make into a ring so...
Mary Jo
Posted by: Mary Jo at March 8, 2007 11:42 PM