Gifted Typist

A year ago, I wasn’t even sure what a blog was, much less how to go about doing one.

So what better time to launch my own blog with this post. I don’t think it worked because blogs don’t lend themselves to recycled newspaper content or writing styles. But hey. What did I know?

Over the past year there have been many changes at GT as I attempt to figure it all out. I’ve learned a lot about blogs, internet technology, new media, new styles of writing, photography and Google.

I’ve also made bloggy friends, some of whom I’ve met, talked to on the phone and conversed/IMed with, some of whom I’ve never met.

So, to celebrate, let me share a few of those new friends and their blogs. I’ll be adding these and more to my blogroll.

(I’m off-line for a few days but should be back Tuesday)

Reject the Koolaid - Run by a tag team of crackerjacks Jacy and Tearfree. Smart, witty, at times heart wrenching, and very funny. I have since met Jacy and spoken to Tearfree by phone.

Tanya Espanya - My first bloggy to have a baby. I started following Espanya early in her pregnancy and felt joy when she announced the birth of Alexander in June. This mummy is one funny lady with a big heart and smile. We also met in June.

Tagged and Bagged - Photographs and deconstructions of graffiti on the streets of Halifax. Tagbagger appreciates the artistry without sentimentalizing it. Attracts some interesting commentary from graffiti artists.

Passion of the Dale - Quirky, funny, compassionate, great opera reviews. Dale always reminds me that there is humanity in a bumblebee. Sometimes you forget these things.

Meish.org: Life unfolding - Meg Pickard is a new media guru based in London. (She’d probably hate that characterization.) She’s a thinker on the frontiers of new media. She works for The Guardian which has one of the best online newspapers in the world. Don’t know her, but would like to.

I Tri Therefore I am - the blog of a triathlete and one very smart chick pursuing her PhD in Victorian literature. The blog gives intelligent insights into the motivations, rewards, pain and disappointments of an elite athlete. Meg and I are swimming buddies.

Nine Gram Brain - A parody of a mummy blogger known across Canada. If you want to know more go to the blog.

Cup of Coffey - Beth shares her musical passions giving fantastic reviews of concerts and regular Friday mixed tapes. She’s also a grammar grrrrl which makes her a grrrrl after my own heart. I’ve love to have a cup of coffee with Beth sometime.

Bliss and Bile - You gotta love the New-York-City take on life, especially when it comes from the sharp-witted mind of an investment banker who comes from the borough of Queens. Chelene posts every day and every day she makes me smile.

Jane Austen Junior - Miss Austen Junior may very well end up rivaling Miss Austen Senior for her wit and powers of social observations. A new blog with only a few posts, but they are wicked, simply wicked.

World According to Zed - Works in the world of New York publishing. Presently making me LMAO with snapshots of a visit from her 80-something mom from Florida. Her Phrases-to-Kill-by series is not to be missed.

Novel Readings - The reading diary of an English professor who specializes in the Victorian novel. Posts are entertaining, accessible for the non-Victorianist and you always come away feeling you’ve gained something. And it’s not all Victorian high-brow, either. Thornbirds was the subject of a recent post. Would love to take one of her courses, but alas, I’m all essayed out.

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