bloglines

Okay, I set up a new whosit at Bloglines and put all those things I like to read in one place. I can see whether I have read the latest Yarn Harlot post, Librarians’ Guide to the Internet, The Blue Blog, and so on. The only problem is that now I feel compelled to stay on top of them instead of catering to my mood. No more" Let’s see what Stephanie Pearl McPhee is going on about today…" Now I have to keep up – What a burden! I feel as if someone had chained me to my desk and forced me to read all my junk mail willy nilly. Perhaps I shall downsize.
I had great difficulty setting up this news-reader, so I hesitate to admit it may have been for naught. I kept begging for a validating e-mail – "Just one more try? If I disguise my name and use a different e-mail, then will you send me a ‘Validating e-mail’?" I tried my HCPL address and two Comcast accounts before giving up and using an old Yahoo account. Maybe that’s the problem: that old Yahoo persona just isn’t me. After so much work, I feel maybe I should learn to love it.