Xanga Revisited

Well, I see Xanga is still fighting for it's survival. I guess that might be a good thing, but I do think it's a losing effort. They've extended their deadline for continued existence by two weeks to the end of July. They've raised 38K to keep them going, although they still need close to 65K, …

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200th Follower

I just got my 200th WordPress follower and I'm excited. I started this blog two years ago after coming over from Xanga, and it's been a long time coming, but now I've got 200 followers and I appreciate each and every one of them. That said, #200 is Stories by Mercilo Daviss, a blogger who …

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Xanga: The Passing of an Era

I first started blogging in early 2004 on Xanga, a blogging site where it seemed like everyone I knew had a blog. I was living in Knoxville TN and literally every person I met had a Xanga blog. Everyone went by their usernames. I blogged daily, for years. I enjoyed it immensely and found quite …

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100th Follower!

I want to welcome and thank my 100th WordPress follower, Alberto Monnar, who started following my blog today. His website/blog can be found at http://albertomonnar.wordpress.com/. He's from Miami, of Cuban descent, and is a young musician. He's got an interesting bio at http://albertomonnar.wordpress.com/biography-2/. For the life of me, I have no idea what possessed him …

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