I read something today which almost prompted me to try to delete my online identity. I guess one would call that virtual suicide.
And he vanished…
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3 responses to “And he vanished…”
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Erm… but..Doug you have so much to virtually live for. So many virtual friends that would miss you.
I’d be pretty sad if you or Cathy deleted yourselves. I think it takes a lot of courage to put yourselves out there and I’m sure sometimes it has a heavy price but I know you guys make my days more interesting and you make Knoxville and virtual Knoxville a better place to live.
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I’ve been online on the Internet since 1988. Prior to that was years on FidoNet. I couldn’t delete me if I tried. I’d always be a ghost in the machine somewhere. I hope the words above did not read as, "I quit." I just wanted to express the bizarre feeling I had last night. I always had a slight disdain for bloggers that announced they were quiting. See, if you are truly quiting, you simply stop. If you have to announce that you are quiting, that feels like a cry for attention.
Oh, and I, nor Cathy, would never quit. My mutilated quote from Throw Mama from the Train explains: "A blogger blogs, always."
You spoke of courage. I’d like to see us brave enough to be a bit more forthcoming in our writing, mine at least, as I think there are some interesting aspects of our life that I would like to document and I believe people would enjoy but overreaches even my comfort zone.
Thanks for your kind words!
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