:
: If I understand these blogs correctly, they are
: basic diaries, which the writer chooses to
: publish via the internet, on a real-time
: basis. Of course, where Pepys and the other
: famous diarists worked with pen and paper,
: we will look to you for the latest in
: whiz-bang diary / blog technology, and I
: imagine that your blog will be a great
: resource for all of us.

: Here are a few paragraphs that I just found, in
: a description of Pepys (linked below):
:
: Pepys's diary is not so much a record of events
: as a re-creation of them. Not all the
: passages are as picturesque as the famous
: set pieces in which he describes Charles
: II's coronation or the Great Fire of London,
: but there is no entry which does not, in
: some degree, display the same power of
: summoning back to life the events it
: relates.

: Pepys's skill lay in his close observation and
: total recall of detail. It is the small
: touches that achieve the effect. Another is
: the freshness and flexibility of the
: language. Pepys writes quickly in shorthand
: and for himself alone. The words, often
: piled on top of each other without much
: respect for formal grammar, exactly reflect
: the impressions of the moment. Yet the most
: important explanation is, perhaps, that
: throughout the diary Pepys writes mainly as
: an observer of people. It is this that makes
: him the most human and accessible of
: diarists, and that gives the diary its
: special quality as a historical record.

: Instead of writing a considered narrative, such
: as would be presented by the historian or
: biographer or autobiographer, Pepys shows us
: hundreds of scenes from life - civil
: servants in committee, MP's in debate,
: concerts of music, friends on a river
: outing. Events are jumbled together, sermons
: with amorous assignations, domestic tiffs
: with national crises. . .

:
: To me, it is interesting that so many of these
: same factors that made Pepys the most famous
: diarist continue to shape how we write (and
: read) on the internet.

: We hope you enjoy blogging. I am certain that
: we will all enjoy whatever you may write.

: Jeff

:
: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
: Very Cool Thing To do. And thanks Jeff for telling me and I am sure others what the heck a Blog was.
I am going to Google Blog and see what I come up with, who knows what one may end up reading.

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