Hi Kathy,
Thanks for the explanation.  Now I don't feel so dumb.
Vinny
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From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: Just a curious question


> Well Vinny,
>          It's kind of a way of posting your thoughts and or opinions
> publicly.  Some people do daily diaries.  Soldiers from Iraq  post about
> their adventures, keeping a daily commentary of how their lives are going
> and the public can read it.  I heard about one guy who posted his daily
> struggles concerning his daughter's illness.  Some people talk more about
> politics, those are really popular.  It was bloggers who unvailed the
false
> reporting of Dan Rather last fall when he wanted to try to produce false
> charges that George bush had gone A.W.O.L. while serving in the National
> guard.
>          It can also be a way of bringing in an income.  You can allow
> advertizers to attach to your blog and you get paid for how many hits they
> get.  We've started playing with it for now.  I do a lot of writing, but
> I'm not sure that I"m really good enough to be published so, for me at
> least, it would be a way to get my, or actually Greg's and my, thoughts
out
> there without going through all the hurtles of publishing.  Who knows, no
> one may read it, but then, no one may want to read a book that I would
> right either.  this way, I don't lose  much and, who knows, perhaps gain
> some humility along the way.  What I"m not quite sure about is how it
> differs from what Phil does with his web site.  I think that some people
> may see his articles as a form of blogging.  That's why I'm asking about
it.
> Kathy
>
>
> At 03:11 PM 1/7/2005, you wrote:
> >Hi Kathy,
> >Pardon my vast ignorance, but what is blogging?
> >Vinny
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 10:39 AM
> >Subject: Just a curious question
> >
> >
> > > Hey Guys,
> > > How's this for an out of the blue question?  What do you think of
> > > blogging?  There are Christian bloggers out there.  Also, I'm curious
if
> > > anyone might know the difference between blogging and what Phil does
with
> > > his web site?  I'd really appreciate your thoughts on this.  Greg and
I
> >are
> > > thinking about dabbling with it.
> > > Kathy
> > >