September 2005

Running out of writing gas (but not really)

by Bill on September 25, 2005

Let me be honest … The purpose of this post is really to direct you to this post, Arriving where we started, on my other blog. Let me explain why: You may have noticed I’ve been doing a poor job of maintaining Writelife. It’s supposed to be about the business of writing for business – [...]

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Spam as a reflection of andropause?

by Bill on September 17, 2005

The nature of the spam that still finds its way to me is changing and I can’t help but wonder if spammers are trying to tell me I’m getting older. It use to be they would urge me to enhance my, umm … manhood, so to speak. This is no longer the case. Now they [...]

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Strange things found in my reading list

by Bill Wren on September 11, 2005

So I decided to go into my Blogger profile and fill in a few of the interest fields – just to see what all that stuff was about. (I’ve had a blog on Blogger since 2001 but it’s only now that I’ve actually gone and done this.) Anyway, it was interesting (to me) when I [...]

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The low reach new depths

by Bill on September 10, 2005

Some things are so contemptible there really aren’t any words for them. Here’s some spam that got through my filters: Evacuees from Hurricane Katrina still file into the Baton Rouge River Center, located on the banks of the Mississippi River, even as others leave for temporary housing with relatives, relocate to a new state through [...]

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Choosing what to read

by Bill on September 3, 2005

Again, I’m a little off the topic of Web and business writing, but this is sort of on the topic of marketing – the marketing of books. This is a confession of sorts. I’m owning up to how I choose what to read these days. And whining a little bit too. This little rant was [...]

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