Knitting, Sex and God and Single Parenting Across the Pond

New blog, Knitting, Sex and God, seems like it’s going to be an interesting read and so is one I’m recommending people go and explore. I don’t think I know the writer – although she obviously reads this blog - (but having looked at her profile I’m thinking even if I don’t actually know her we [...]



Blogging, thinking, living, believing

This happens to be my 1500th post, so excuse me if I indulge myself an ickle. It was going to be tomorrow, but then I happened upon Maggi Dawn’s post which directed me onto Jonny Baker’s about not fitting in, and I felt it was the right theme to reach a milestone on.
I am somebody who happens [...]



Aspects of Blogging – part 4

The final benefit of blogging and reading blogs I want to highlight is the general  educational and activist type use.
On a big scale we all know that Obama’s campaign team used social networking, blogging sites, etc very effectively in the last election. However, they are also v. useful for sharing information about actions and campaigns [...]



Aspects of Blogging – Part 3

Blogging and more specifically reading other peoples blogs raises your cultural capital. By this I mean you find out about both high brow and low brow stuff you might not normally go near with a barge pole.
It’s an educational thing, in the best possible way.



Aspects of Blogging – 2

First off thanks for the advice on doing links.
Today the aspect of blogging I want to focus on is the community / social networking aspect. I know this is something I and others have spoken about before but it’s something I want to revisit it again, because for me it’s something important and something that [...]



Aspects of blogging – part one

Approaching my 1500 post mark I thought I’d take a look at aspects of blogging and possibly highlight some of, what I think are, my better posts. Today – the spiritual aspect.
Ok, is blogging spiritual? Well, blogging in itself isn’t neccessarily, but it can be used as a spiritual tool or atleast a tool to [...]