Comments on: The ghosts in the intertubes http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:15:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Julie http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5593 Julie Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:18:38 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5593 (Self-centered tangent starting in...3...2...self-centered tangent starting...NOW.) I have an odd relationship to this issue. Y'see, I've never, ever told my family about my blog, but they know about it. (How they found out about it, I do not know, but I'm not that hard to track down.) The weird thing is that none of them have ever mentioned it to me. So: they know; I know they know; they may not know I know they know! I initially felt pretty constrained by the fact that I know they read, but then I decided that if they weren't going to make their presence known, I shouldn't feel I had to cater to their sensibilities in any way. I almost feel like it's kind of a good way for them to learn what I'm really thinking, because God forbid we should ever DISCUSS such things. It's a way for me to be (perhaps) understood without the discomfort of having to overcome a lifetime of behavioral conditioning, you know? (End tangent.) (Self-centered tangent starting in…3…2…self-centered tangent starting…NOW.)

I have an odd relationship to this issue. Y’see, I’ve never, ever told my family about my blog, but they know about it. (How they found out about it, I do not know, but I’m not that hard to track down.) The weird thing is that none of them have ever mentioned it to me. So: they know; I know they know; they may not know I know they know!

I initially felt pretty constrained by the fact that I know they read, but then I decided that if they weren’t going to make their presence known, I shouldn’t feel I had to cater to their sensibilities in any way. I almost feel like it’s kind of a good way for them to learn what I’m really thinking, because God forbid we should ever DISCUSS such things. It’s a way for me to be (perhaps) understood without the discomfort of having to overcome a lifetime of behavioral conditioning, you know?

(End tangent.)

]]> By: kris http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5584 kris Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:48:16 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5584 maybe, i think i read many of the same blogs you read and post on. i have found quite a few blogs i read that way. and most i can not remember how i got to. too many blogs..too little time! maybe, i think i read many of the same blogs you read and post on. i have found quite a few blogs i read that way. and most i can not remember how i got to. too many blogs..too little time!

]]> By: Julie Pippert http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5579 Julie Pippert Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:58:47 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5579 It's an obvious difference. To me. It's why I use my real name, and am public about my blog. I hold myself to my same standards. I use it as a communication outreach, not a tool (or weapon) wielded by me. What I post *does* go in my local newspaper with some regularity. It gets read more widely than I realize at times. I will sleep on a post, or not post something that remains a ?. I'll bounce things off my husband. Good advice, OM. It’s an obvious difference. To me.

It’s why I use my real name, and am public about my blog. I hold myself to my same standards. I use it as a communication outreach, not a tool (or weapon) wielded by me.

What I post *does* go in my local newspaper with some regularity.

It gets read more widely than I realize at times.

I will sleep on a post, or not post something that remains a ?. I’ll bounce things off my husband.

Good advice, OM.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5573 Miss Cellania Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:30:56 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5573 Good Lord, there is a difference! Anyone who can't see that has no business blogging. I post some embarassing things, but I'm willing to own up to them... because they aren't personal. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Good Lord, there is a difference! Anyone who can’t see that has no business blogging. I post some embarassing things, but I’m willing to own up to them… because they aren’t personal. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

]]> By: Spacemom http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5572 Spacemom Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:07:51 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5572 If you noticed, there are some things I don't talk about on my blog, sex, the kids more embaressing things, etc... There's a reason!!! If you noticed, there are some things I don’t talk about on my blog, sex, the kids more embaressing things, etc… There’s a reason!!!

]]> By: omegamom http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5566 omegamom Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:04:10 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5566 Kris--Har! Yeah, well, crap! Yes I was on that list; I thought that's how you got to my blog? Kris–Har! Yeah, well, crap! Yes I was on that list; I thought that’s how you got to my blog?

]]> By: kris http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5563 kris Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:08:15 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/01/31/the-ghosts-in-the-intertubes/#comment-5563 well crap...so to speak..i didn't know you were on that list. i was and it was a great list. well crap…so to speak..i didn’t know you were on that list. i was and it was a great list.

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