{"id":1782,"date":"2013-03-20T15:01:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T23:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2013-03-20T15:01:16","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T23:01:16","slug":"what-blogs-used-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/archives\/1782","title":{"rendered":"What Blogs Used To Be"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spammers were all worked up today. They come in waves. Must’ve had >40 get caught in the ol’ spam filter just today. There are days when I want to reach back and tell them, “Look, if I want to buy the Happy Wife a pair of Christian Louboutin red bottom heels — and someday I may — I’ll e-mail you<\/em>, ‘kay?”<\/p>\n

Come to think of it, her birthday is nigh.Hmm.<\/p>\n

But alas, I already got her a leather jacket,<\/p>\n

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which I must say goes quite well with the after-work smile and Sauv Blanc. That, and lately, her boo boo knee<\/a> has her confined to wearing heels of a more modest height.<\/p>\n

I do hope you don’t tire of me talking about her, and other sundry goings-on in our day-to-day life. I’ve never wanted blogging to become, for me anyway, anything but what it was originally intended to be, a fluid journal of personal thought. A public diary really. A motivation to write. I’ve never liked that long ago blogging was co-opted by many to showcase special interest, e.g., politics, and suddenly a blog had to have a theme<\/em>, lest would-be readers were left to wonder: I don’t get it, what’s the point?<\/em> Don’t get me wrong, when I go to Instapundit<\/a> I go there with an expectation, to find content that interests me. I appreciate that. But it’s not a blog; not anymore it isn’t. It’s what I call a Linkery. And evidently a vector for selling stuff the sponsors of the site want me to click ‘n buy. Possibly Christian Louboutin red bottom heels.<\/p>\n

Harry is coming to our house Sunday for his debut visit. It’s been less than a year since the Tan Man<\/a> left us. I like to think Rufus would approve of us caring for Harry for the remainder of his life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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