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What can blogging do for you? 

Jeff Jarvis asked for stories about how blogging has changed people's lives. He has gotten a fair amount of comments, but I was struck by one from Rossi, who blogs in verse, and says:

...i think you were there
when i first started blogging
my story
i started my blog
what was supposed to be a humourous rant
and then one week later
911 happened
...
i think (the blog is) one of the largest reasons
i came thru
the 911 disaster
mentally together
well somewhat
now my blog is the way i
voice my intense frustration about the political climate in this country
and the way i reach out to friends
old and new
i have friends who i have never met
and probably never will...
...all in all
having a blog
is a bit like having
a very, very loud mouth
that thousands of people can hear
and thats
mostly
a wonderful
thrilling
and sometimes
frightening feeling

posted by liz at 1:57 PM