Friday, July 06, 2007

Oh dear over a year

I've just been reading Blogs again. Actually made a comment or two as well... without leaving my name because I couldn't remember how to login to Blogger. Inspiration struck during a game of Diamond Mind just now.

Over a year between posts! It's shocking.

Not that anyone is missing much. It's not as if I am a scintillating writer, I can't even be sure of spelling scintillating correctly. However, as I was using 'blog as therapy', it may explain why I'm currently back down in the dark place again.

So, trying hard not to be cowed by the brilliant, well-written & extremely witty postings of Franklin, I'm going to start blogging again.

Franklin is the Panopticon. http://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/

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When you read do you hear the words in your head? * I don't think you're meant to - it makes for slow reading, apparently, according to a book on speed reading I once read. However, I think I read pretty fast & anyway I like to hear the voice in my head. It's normally the voice of the person writing - or at least what I imagine the person to sound like.

Unfortunately, the voice doesn't always know how to pronounce things.

I've been telling my brother about Franklin. Looks like he will never read his blog because, rather stupidly, I've told him that Franklin's blog is called the 'Panty-icon' - it was only when I typed the name in just now that I realised. Oops. It's Pan-opt-icon.

A much better pronounciation than Panty-icon - which I must admit does sound a little perverse. I did think that a funny name for a device in which everything can be seen.
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Anyways, one year later, I'm back to reading & writing Blogs. (Sorry that sentence isn't quite as poetical as the one heading this entry)
I do recommend the Panoptican, I've almost caught up to date & then I'm going to explore some of his recommendations. Actually, I'm not looking forward to getting up to date. I feel like I know the guy & have been enjoying hearing about his life during the last few days. I think I'll miss him once I'm up to date & am waiting for posts. His posting about Anne Frank was magnificient & his new niece isn't half bad either!
Hero worship over. I suppose that I'd better head off to bed. After all, it is dawn now & vampires** must avoid the sun.

* actually when I read novels, I don't have a story-teller in my head. Instead I have a film. I'm so lucky.
** I'm not a vampire. Just accidentally got into a habit of reverse sleeping. Seem to be awake during darkness & can only sleep when it's light. I don't have an aversion to sunlight though & I really quite like garlic ....

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