I want to create an accessible record of my existence.
I like being associated with Salon, especially in their new incarnation.
It keeps me out of trouble.
Writing gigs that offer pay have dried up. And even when they paid they paid a pittance.
When people ask what I do all day I have something plausible to tell them that’s associated with Joan Walsh.
OS brings me loads of Facebook friends.
It keeps my hands and mind occupied so I don’t eat all day.
It’s a great excuse to not exercise.
I like getting ratings and comments.
I like giving ratings and comments.
I enjoy feeling that I'm in a community.
I have gained virtual (sometimes morphed into real) friends.
I hope to gain more friends.
Friends here offer support.
Ageism is minimal. I feel I am me, not older me.
At this point I don’t expect anything but a platform and don't define myself by the editors, so I’m often pleasantly surprised.
I can pick up breath-mint money from adsense.
I haven’t found a better fit for me on the web.
It’s a pretty safe place to rant and expose, and to get some wise feedback, good and bad.
I can read/post while watching junk TV, eating a turkey sandwich and talking on the cell.
I like seeing my writing published and read.
OS brings me to some great writing.
OS encourages me to write.
And -- I need to write. For me, writing is living.
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Ask Someone [?] to be nice.
Yesterday I went to the Ice Cream Bar.
Today I am in the public Library. Quiet.
This morning I was visiting my neighbor.
Canadian Pumpkins grow Big as a Pumpkins.
I feel like calling Kerry Charlie Brown Pumpkin.
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You tease. The SalonéOpen Salon is Big Trouble.
Maybe we all can make Mr. Kerry Lauderman a Pie.
We can add a Big Dollop of Vanilla Bean Ice Cream.
As one who has been a fan for years and now feels privileged to "know" you a bit, I hope you'll keep writing well past any reasons or excuses.
And, sorry you have so many troubles here, Art. But we love you! You know that.
And Erica, I have no idea how adsense works. Once and a while I get a check for a few cents. Maybe it's from somewhere else.
Me too.
:-) / R
It’s a great excuse to not exercise.
I can relate! Thanks
Portables Lea Portables...
HUGGGGGGGGGGG
OS has it's problems, but where doesn't? Anywhere that I can call my own little corner without cost or serious castigation is I think pretty cool :). And just look at the folks here?! The stuff they write, the way they think, from the dust ups to the circling of the wagons for one of our own in travails. Community. Yeah.
Rated for a Leah post is always worth a look ;).
You made enough on Adsense to buy breath mints??? You rock!!!!
Rick: My health. I came to Open Salon for the waters.
Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the World Wide Web.
Rick: I was misinformed.
I like getting ratings and comments.
I like giving ratings and comments.
I enjoy feeling that I'm in a community.
I like seeing my writing published and read.
OS brings me to some great writing.
OS encourages me to write.
And -- I need to write. For me, writing is living.
Simple, straightforward, and honest.
Rated for all the things we had no idea we knew until we wrote them down.
I realize as I read this list that I agree with so much...especially the first. : )
Although me personally? "It keeps me out of trouble" is my favorite.