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Toe in the Water

by Beholden

Rated: 13+ · Book · Experience · #2223922

A tentative blog to test the temperature.

Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.

So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.

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Beholden

about 16 hours ago
In response to "Casing the Joint"

No pain at all, unless I try something that I couldn't do before the op anyway. Just need to build up strength and confidence in the leg.

ßlυҽყҽʐ 🤍

about 16 hours ago
In response to "Casing the Joint"

Yikes! Glad it's working well for you! But how is it feeling? Pain gone?

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Amethyst Angel 💐

about 18 hours ago
In response to "Casing the Joint"

Glad you’re alive and kicking… is that a pun?

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

about 19 hours ago
In response to "Casing the Joint"

I'm happy to hear you're healing well. I don't like MRIs either, but who would expect a hidden benefit like this?

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Beholden

Apr 16, 2025 at 2:15pm
In response to "A Twenty Year Old Tale"

Blue Sky is such a pleasant name for a message board (that is really old computer/internet stuff). Those were the days indeed.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

Apr 15, 2025 at 4:11pm
In response to "A Twenty Year Old Tale"

Back in the early days of having a computer, I was a member of a community called "Blue Sky". Numerous message boards eventually became blogging boards and we suffered the same harassment for a period of time.

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Soldier_Mike

Apr 15, 2025 at 4:06pm
In response to "A Twenty Year Old Tale"

Unsupported accusations? Mere wishful thinking? I wonder why these statements sound familiar? Oh, that's right! They're the hallmark of a certain blog manned by a certain king ruler despot person.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

Apr 14, 2025 at 3:20pm
In response to "Doom"

I can't say I get feelings of doom, but on days like today, I can relate. Mine are feelings of frustration and helplessness.

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Lilli ☕

Apr 14, 2025 at 1:18pm
In response to "Doom"

Oh, I see how you came to that conclusion!
For those of us who enjoy "the dark side," they are pretty cool images!

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Amethyst Angel 💐

Apr 14, 2025 at 12:27pm
In response to "Doom"

I noticed Solace's prompts are getting a little... Freaky, these days. I've been avoiding them. For instance, I'm sure Sunday's image is pretty "doom-inducing" as well as today's

Looming doom is part of the theme of last year's ID album, aptly named Loom. Remember when I shared Take Me to the Beach?

Hope you don't have the heebie-jeebies for too long

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March 13, 2025 at 6:48am

#1085327

Conundrum

Conundrum

Presented with a conundrum this morning. Most nights I use my pee break to hop on the computer for a few minutes to see how things are going. Last night this happened at about 1:00 am. I did answer an email received in WdC and then closed down after a quick look around.

On firing up the thing today, I notice that the StoryMaster’s new badge system indicates that I’ve already done the blogging one. And I can’t imagine how that can be. My memory assures me that I didn’t even open the blog last night, and I certainly didn’t comment on someone else’s. I even checked to see if that email answer hadn’t actually been a blog post comment. It wasn’t.

So I must presume that WdC knows something I don’t and I can ignore the blogging badge today. But can I trust it?

Short answer is that I don’t and so now this post makes doubly sure. And I’ll announce it in the Newsfeed. So there.

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