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Bloggers make jump from Web to print

I really found this story interesting. I am still trying to get the hang of this blogging. As my husband says I have a lot to say, that people would like to hear.  I am still a little shy about saying it all for everyone to hear.  So this story might give me a little inspiration......

By Carol Memmott
Gannett News Service

Conventional wisdom would seem to suggest that bloggers -- people who post personal stories and fiction on their Internet Web logs -- would turn up their noses at the brick-and-mortar world of book publishing. So much for conventional wisdom. From Washington tell-alls to people on the front lines of Iraq, bloggers are jumping on the publishing bandwagon in a trend that industry insiders say benefits both writers and publishers to read the full story

A real star is the soldier of the 4th Infantry Division who poked his head into a hole on a farm near Tikrit, Iraq.

For many years Ben Stein has written a biweekly column for the online website called "Monday Night At Morton's." (Morton's is a famous chain of Steakhouses known to be frequented by movie stars and famous people from around the globe.) Now, Ben is terminating the column to move on to other things in his life. Reading his final column is worth a few minutes of your time. 

The World Before Computers

The World Before Computers Before computers.... - An application was for employment - A program was a TV show - A cursor used profanity - A keyboard was a piano! - Memory was something that you lost with age - A CD was a bank account! - And if you had a broken disk, … It would hurt when you found out! - Compress was something you did to garbage …Not something you did to a file - And if you unzipped anything in public …You'd be in jail for a while! - Log on was adding wood to a fire - Hard drive was a long trip on the road - A mouse pad was where a mouse lived - And a backup happened to your commode! - Cut- you did with a pocket knife - Paste- you did with glue - A web was a spider's home - And a virus was the flu! I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper and the memory in my head. I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash -…But when it happens they wish they were dead!

I hope you all have had fun with tax season. Sometimes this is how I feel when it is tax time.