History Near and Far

I'm beginning to realize that I may never be an A-list blogger, and I notice that I just failed another test.

Namely, I forgot to celebrate the start of my blog. It was one year ago, on 18 October 2004, that I wrote my first posting. Tsk. It's an occasion that calls for creating an excuse to mention the fact with mock surprise and false modesty, but now that I'm within 6 months of being 50, I've given up on — more or less — on emotional guile. I also get to decide whether I want a birthday party or not.

But anyway, I've been a bit busy with other distractions and not posting so frequently at the moment, so the anniversary slipped by me. One distraction was our amateur theatre group's latest production: "Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree" (aka "Nunsense 3"). I did the choreography, rehearsed stuff, and served as official watcher at the performances, so I've seen it at least 13 times in the last 3 weeks. Many of the songs were fine, but most weren't meant to be heard that much in a single lifetime.

During the days, I've been concentrating quite a bit on writing articles for "Science Besieged", an online collection of short and long pieces on that general topic that I'm working on for Ars Hermeneutica, Limited, the nonprofit scientific research and science education corporation that Isaac and I started just about a year ago.

It's a big enough topic that I should write some more later about it. Meanwhile, I welcome y'all to stop by and visit a spell and we can talk about while we set on the porch and sip some ice tea.

Posted on November 1, 2005 at 11.23 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Reflections

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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Wednesday, 2 November 2005 at 02.13
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    I know what you mean because I keep letting my blog anniversary slip by. Maybe that's just as well, though. Maybe up at the four- or five-year milestone it's more meaningful.

    Congratulations anyway; a year is certainly an accomplishment.

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