There is something seriously wrong with my body. Sharp abdominal & chest pains, general dull pain in the lower back, shortness of breath, massive fatigue, dizziness, the whole lot. I would not be surprised if I dropped dead today. How many other bloggers who drank heavilly last night are thinking along these lines? I gather about 35 individuals turned up including Naomi of LP and Suki of Opinionated fame and Phil’s Rita added a soft touch to the gathering of nerds.
Sunday’s Word: Groggy (Adjective) Pronunciation: ['grah-gee] ... , an adverb (groggily), and a noun (grogginess). Today's is a rich adjective with a large nest of relatives: a comparative (groggier) and superlative (groggiest) degree, an adverb (groggily), and a noun (grogginess). The word sense comes from grog, an old sea-goer's drink made by mixing rum with water—to make the rum last longer if not the crew itself. You don't want to drink yourself a grog blossom, the permanent rosaceous (red, pimply) nose caused by excessive imbibery. In Australia and New Zealand "grog" refers to beer or other cheap alcoholic beverages Pass the Grog: Are We Geeks And Nerds? Hell No!
Art & Creativity, Blog, The Press, The Media: Dear M
The fear eats at a fragile ego, warns that it could happen and that is all it takes to stop this writer dead in the creative waters.
In response to an earlier column, Jozef Imrich commented, “It is said that writers are people who, as children, did not receive sufficient rejection either from adults or peers and so are compelled to seek it relentlessly in later life.”
Jozef was going for a laugh, of course (and he definitely got one here in Brooklyn). In my experience, the opposite is true—many writers were virtually weaned on rejection. Even those of us who were raised in loving, supportive homes tended to feel that no one was sufficiently interested in listening to our stories. That is one reason why we needed to write them down and send them to strangers, in the hope that someone, somewhere, will care deeply about what we think, what we feel, and how we experience the world.
• Dear Dr. Sue [Jason Soon has this to say about Groblogging: It was great at least as far as company and attendances go. Mark was there, as was Phil, Naomi, Sean the LP science guy, Liam, leinad, one of Evil’s friends, Nick Gruen of Troppo, Don Arthur of Troppo/Catallaxy, tom aka c8to. If only they knew the real you ]
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