May 20, 2003

•      I spent nearly the entire day Monday, going through my SIR list... something I haven't done in a long time. I still have a few to get to for commenting, but my son wanted to use the Net for awhile & kept hollering at me. Besides, I needed to get supper cooked.

  
  

       The main reason for going through the SIR list was to track down where a scripting error came from, preventing me from being able to read the subscription email. This is the second time it's happened that I've come across, although it could have a few other times, since I haven't kept up with reading them every day.

  
  

       I didn't get the blog with the script error identified, but I enjoyed  catching up on some of you who I've been amiss about reading in so long. Many of you are doing so well now, but I noticed that the readership, in the form of comments, has slackened off. A few continue to draw loads of comments & eProps, but for the most part, I'm not alone in receiving just a modicum of comments.

  
  

       Reading & leaving intelligent comments can sometimes be difficult. So often, I don't know what to say that won't be misconstrued or would adequately respond to the subject of the blog. I wonder if others have the same problems. I also tend to get side-tracked, especially when checking out links people post, or reading comments from others who sound interesting.

  
  

       There are also so many on my SIR who haven't blogged in months, some even for over a year. I often wonder what has happened to them. Perhaps they just tired of the 'game' of a weblog community, lacked anything much to blog about, were pushed out by offensive community members that have caused several to leave that I've heard about, or if they've left this plane of existence.

  
  

       Of the latter, at least one on my SIR falls into that category. I posted a blog about it after some of my research turned up the answer to her lack of new posts. Many of you knew her through her writings here... Windsong87. Her death from cancer, after her positive attitude about beating the disease, certainly brought home the knowledge that this is a disease that still has yet to be overcome. It appears that through all her treatments in the form of chemo (she had started her 4th round) & radiation, the cancer still managed to spread to her liver & her bones. After the doctor's discovery of the metastasis to those areas, she left us quickly, about a month or so later. I wish I had gotten to know her better. She's with the Angels now, out of pain & enjoying the 'other side.'

  
  

       There are a few on my SIR who haven't written in a long time who's words were those of despair. I could 'hear' their pleas for respect & love in the words of pain they posted in their online journals. Knowing they haven't posted in ages causes me to wonder if they've relieved themselves of that pain in what they felt was the only way out. I grieve for them & hope that they have truly found peace.

  
  

       Of the others who have left Xanga without any words of explanation, I also wish them the best. It's sad that there are people in this world, much less this web community, who can be so cruel as to emotionally assault certain people, as though it were only a joke. It only shows how little they truly are. I don't think anyone has been pushed out of Xanga unintentionally. Alot of what I've seen has started with one person, just being mean & spiteful. This often set in motion a 'mob mentality,' much like chickens in a farmyard, in which one might be injured & the rest just pick at the injured one until they kill it. I always thought humans were the highest form of animal, but this behavior only proves that we are no better than those chickens. People, there is nothing funny about tearing at another human being!

  
  

       Let's all prove that we are intelligent creatures of God. Show that we are understanding of different cultures, beliefs, appearances, levels of competence, etc, in much the way we would like to be respected with our own. No two people are alike, so there is always something 'different' about another that can be considered a fault to another. Treat others as you would like to be treated, giving them the respect they deserve because they are human, just like you.

  
  

       Those of you with scripting on your pages, please be sure there are no errors in it, so I can read the blogs in the subscription email again. If you see a small yellow icon in the bottom left corner of your browser displaying your blog, it means there's a script error on your page. Go through your scripts & make sure that all the tags are in place. Be sure that what you posted in your blog is the complete script as it was written. Xanga has been making alot of changes lately that have screwed up some of the scripts already posted in people's blogs. I saw that seanmeister had to revise one he recently gave out that blocks the eProps. Perhaps it's those using that script that have caused the script error message that won't stay gone when I click it closed when trying to read my subscription email, but I really think it is something someone posted in a specific blog posting.

  
  

       Blessings to all! Know that in this person, there is at least one who empathizes with you when things aren't looking the best. I've often been where you are myself.

  
  

  ~.~.~.~.~Welcome back, Tina!~.~.~.~.~

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