Like many personal bloggers, I carry with me a secret dream.
Some day, somehow, someone will stumble upon my blog and be blown away by my writing and say “hey, lady, you should write a book.  Here’s thousands of dollars in advance.  Go to it!”
That sounds realistic, right?
OK, maybe not.  Maybe it requires a little more [...]

The Internet is a strange and wonderful place, filled with strange and wonderful people.  And not all of us are living in our parent’s basement anymore.
While blogging and the blogosphere haven’t gone completely mainstream yet (we all still have friends who “don’t get it” and use air quotes when talking about “the Internet”), our cool [...]