Comments on: The moving finger http://omegamom.com/2006/09/19/the-moving-finger/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:46:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kate http://omegamom.com/2006/09/19/the-moving-finger/#comment-938 Kate Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:55:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=335#comment-938 Johnny--I have had times when I've read something as totally facetious when the author was being serious, and vice versa. So, yes, with some writers, and some pieces of writing, you need to actually see the person to know what the reality is. Roz--I like the comparison to Civil War letters. Or think of soldiers' penpals, who end up marrying them. Or folks who met online and ended up getting married (I know a few). Miss C.--Har. <a HREF="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2005/05/living-together-having-big-wedding.html" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Here's the wedding post</A>. The post started to be a bash against big weddings, then veered off into the sex thing. Julie--Of course, you can also use the written word to be totally dishonest. The internet is notorious for people being able to do that. But I understand what you mean! Mamasan--Aw! PKD--Hi! Johnny–I have had times when I’ve read something as totally facetious when the author was being serious, and vice versa. So, yes, with some writers, and some pieces of writing, you need to actually see the person to know what the reality is.

Roz–I like the comparison to Civil War letters. Or think of soldiers’ penpals, who end up marrying them. Or folks who met online and ended up getting married (I know a few).

Miss C.–Har. Here’s the wedding post. The post started to be a bash against big weddings, then veered off into the sex thing.

Julie–Of course, you can also use the written word to be totally dishonest. The internet is notorious for people being able to do that. But I understand what you mean!

Mamasan–Aw!

PKD–Hi!

]]> By: PromiseKeepersDaughter http://omegamom.com/2006/09/19/the-moving-finger/#comment-937 PromiseKeepersDaughter Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:12:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=335#comment-937 I like your point of veiw! I like to play it safe when I blog, but your right and sometimes you just can't put the exact correct words on a feeling. I'm gonna work on that. I like your point of veiw!
I like to play it safe when I blog, but your right and sometimes you just can’t put the exact correct words on a feeling. I’m gonna work on that.

]]> By: Granny J http://omegamom.com/2006/09/19/the-moving-finger/#comment-936 Granny J Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:17:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=335#comment-936 Beautifully put, dotter! Beautifully put, dotter!

]]> By: Julie Pippert http://omegamom.com/2006/09/19/the-moving-finger/#comment-935 Julie Pippert Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:44:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=335#comment-935 Sometimes words are more real...we can't use a quick shurg or smile to get our way out of their honesty, when writing...as we could in real life, when reading reactions. I don't see it as an either/or scenario, though, so that's perhaps why I don't feel concerned about putting so much into the Internet. Sometimes words are more real…we can’t use a quick shurg or smile to get our way out of their honesty, when writing…as we could in real life, when reading reactions.

I don’t see it as an either/or scenario, though, so that’s perhaps why I don’t feel concerned about putting so much into the Internet.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://omegamom.com/2006/09/19/the-moving-finger/#comment-934 Miss Cellania Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:15:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=335#comment-934 You really really really need to post a link to the wedding post. I think you can know a person pretty well by what they write and the way they write. I fell for a guy bigtime after reading a year's worth of his blog. I knew his opinions, beliefs, and style before I ever knew what he looked like. By then, looks didn't matter! You really really really need to post a link to the wedding post.

I think you can know a person pretty well by what they write and the way they write. I fell for a guy bigtime after reading a year’s worth of his blog. I knew his opinions, beliefs, and style before I ever knew what he looked like. By then, looks didn’t matter!

]]> By: kaliroz http://omegamom.com/2006/09/19/the-moving-finger/#comment-933 kaliroz Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:47:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=335#comment-933 Words sometimes are all a person needs. Societies in the past have been built on letters; look at the Civil War era. I think a lot of blogs tend to be letters to ourselves. Sometimes you can see the person, others not, but I think you can get a sense of who a person is if you read the blog regularly. Words sometimes are all a person needs.

Societies in the past have been built on letters; look at the Civil War era.

I think a lot of blogs tend to be letters to ourselves. Sometimes you can see the person, others not, but I think you can get a sense of who a person is if you read the blog regularly.

]]> By: Johnny http://omegamom.com/2006/09/19/the-moving-finger/#comment-932 Johnny Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:22:00 +0000 http://omegamom.com/?p=335#comment-932 Aye, but here's the rub: Can you tell from their words if they had a smile or a frown as they typed certain words? There's an aspect that can't be seen, that affects how words are to be interpreted. Aye, but here’s the rub: Can you tell from their words if they had a smile or a frown as they typed certain words?

There’s an aspect that can’t be seen, that affects how words are to be interpreted.

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