BTW Your blog always fascinates me: "emo" seems to refer to the Echidna Media Organization (an echidna being no less than a spiny anteater -- the cute little beast on your icon. Your blog is currently running your travel journal from a trip you recently did in Turkey. We also love Turkey, but in two visits we haven't have the time to do Capodoccia -- cities carved out of the living rock, etc. You really made it interesting!
Aw thanks! It's always exciting to hear people are following along. I used to think if there weren't comments, no one was reading, but I've had a few people lately mention they've been reading despite there being very few comments.
The Echidna Media Organization part is sort of a backronym. Really, without getting too involved in the details it evolved from emosnail. But I did send out a newsletter of humorous tidbits back before the days of livejournal that was called "The Chosen Echidna" so it's not entirely random.
And of course the adorable animal pictured, while I think it does eat ants and termites, is actually a numbat, not an echidna. But both are Australian.
In other news, late last night I actually for some reason mistook someone else's entry for one of yours. They had posted about rubix cubes and my good personal friend and erotica model Audrey Rose is really into them so I excitedly told them about her... and pressed enter before realizing it wasn't you! Deleted the comment and felt kind of mortified because I don't know
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Sorry it wasn't my site -- I looked at Audrey's delicious blog, and see why you were excited. (Even if you were talking rubix cubes [*snore*] and other un-sexy stuff...)
Good to know about the numbat! My SigOther and I visited Australia a year ago, cruising 'round the entire continent and seeing all the ports. Cool trip! Are you by chance an Ozzie?
I didn't know the word "backronym" -- but just read the Wiki entry for it and was fascinated. (I'm a Steven Colbert fan, so knew of his name becoming a backronym for a NASA device...)
And, yup, I 'm a comment-whore of sorts; LOVE it when people comment -- not least when new folks do it! I'm intrigued by LJ creating a "Top Journals" gizmo (as of today, I'm # 950 WORLDWIDE). Top-ness shows on one's home page; I don't have a clue how they calculate it -- certainly not popularity per se, because one of my posts at best garners 20-25 comments. (Others I've seen get hundreds or more.)
Oh I meant to ask in re your other comment, Where in Turkey did you go? It sure is a lovely place!
Hmmm I'm number 7 thousand something in most popular LJs /: I do like that they have the metric though. Gives a good way to gauge one's success, though it is indeed a mystery as to how they calculate it!
Fun to coincide! I, too, am a native-born Angeleno.
This trip to Turkey we were on a cruise; after Greece, we hit Istanbul, then back out across the Sea of Marmara and to the (Greek) island of Lesbos, then back into Turkey, calling at Kusadasi (Ephesus). Then back into Greece at Santorini. Three years ago we also did Turkey, that time by land and air. Into Istanbul, then flew into the west-central plateau, Pamukkale (the "wedding cake" deposits of calcium carbonate, covering the Greco-Roman ruins of Hieropolis). We then looped through Kusadasi and drove back to Istanbul across western Anatolia, eventually reaching northern Greece by road.
I'm glad someone else pays occasional attention to the "popular journals" ratings -- even if it is a mystery! (I've slipped back into the 4-digits zone, around 1,100th...too bad!)
Ahh I've been to Ephesus and Pamukkale, both in 2009. Both really cool places (: The swimming pools at Pamukkale were very nice. Haven't been anywhere in Greece though, YET! (:
I've got the next episode of my travelogue written but I long ago noticed there are significantly fewer comments to entries posted on weekends for whatever reason, so I'm saving it till Monday before I click "post."
I've noticed the same thing about response to weekend posts.
As for Greece, I have one word for you: Rhodes! What a cool place: the Crusader castles, the rustic villages, the wild scenery!
(Okay, make that TWO words: "King Philip", Alexander the Great's dear old dad -- his glorious tomb, 80 km from Thessaloniki, was only discovered in 1977 and is AMAZING! The site has been turned into the most incredible museum! And Thessaloniki is a cool city with great connections to the rest of Greece [we flew to Rhodes from there] and the lovely coastline.)
O RLY??? I came _THIS CLOSE_ to going to Rhodes. I was in Fethiye, the closest Turkish city to Rhodes, and I was planning on going there but there were NO ferries that day (it was like Sunday or something).
You're right -- ferry service to/from Rhodes is sporadic even in full summer. We did connect out of there to Santorini on a 3x/week ferry (FIVE stops -- fun to do ONCE, wouldn't recommend more than that!). Rental cars are cheap on the island -- and it's BIG, so a car is quite useful. You'll note I said "Crusader castles" (plural) -- there's a second one above the lovely medieval town of Lindos, halfway up the island
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BTW Your blog always fascinates me: "emo" seems to refer to the Echidna Media Organization (an echidna being no less than a spiny anteater -- the cute little beast on your icon. Your blog is currently running your travel journal from a trip you recently did in Turkey. We also love Turkey, but in two visits we haven't have the time to do Capodoccia -- cities carved out of the living rock, etc. You really made it interesting!
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The Echidna Media Organization part is sort of a backronym. Really, without getting too involved in the details it evolved from emosnail. But I did send out a newsletter of humorous tidbits back before the days of livejournal that was called "The Chosen Echidna" so it's not entirely random.
And of course the adorable animal pictured, while I think it does eat ants and termites, is actually a numbat, not an echidna. But both are Australian.
In other news, late last night I actually for some reason mistook someone else's entry for one of yours. They had posted about rubix cubes and my good personal friend and erotica model Audrey Rose is really into them so I excitedly told them about her... and pressed enter before realizing it wasn't you! Deleted the comment and felt kind of mortified because I don't know ( ... )
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Good to know about the numbat! My SigOther and I visited Australia a year ago, cruising 'round the entire continent and seeing all the ports. Cool trip! Are you by chance an Ozzie?
I didn't know the word "backronym" -- but just read the Wiki entry for it and was fascinated. (I'm a Steven Colbert fan, so knew of his name becoming a backronym for a NASA device...)
And, yup, I 'm a comment-whore of sorts; LOVE it when people comment -- not least when new folks do it! I'm intrigued by LJ creating a "Top Journals" gizmo (as of today, I'm # 950 WORLDWIDE). Top-ness shows on one's home page; I don't have a clue how they calculate it -- certainly not popularity per se, because one of my posts at best garners 20-25 comments. (Others I've seen get hundreds or more.)
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Oh I meant to ask in re your other comment, Where in Turkey did you go? It sure is a lovely place!
Hmmm I'm number 7 thousand something in most popular LJs /: I do like that they have the metric though. Gives a good way to gauge one's success, though it is indeed a mystery as to how they calculate it!
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This trip to Turkey we were on a cruise; after Greece, we hit Istanbul, then back out across the Sea of Marmara and to the (Greek) island of Lesbos, then back into Turkey, calling at Kusadasi (Ephesus). Then back into Greece at Santorini. Three years ago we also did Turkey, that time by land and air. Into Istanbul, then flew into the west-central plateau, Pamukkale (the "wedding cake" deposits of calcium carbonate, covering the Greco-Roman ruins of Hieropolis). We then looped through Kusadasi and drove back to Istanbul across western Anatolia, eventually reaching northern Greece by road.
I'm glad someone else pays occasional attention to the "popular journals" ratings -- even if it is a mystery! (I've slipped back into the 4-digits zone, around 1,100th...too bad!)
Hugz, J
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I've got the next episode of my travelogue written but I long ago noticed there are significantly fewer comments to entries posted on weekends for whatever reason, so I'm saving it till Monday before I click "post."
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As for Greece, I have one word for you: Rhodes! What a cool place: the Crusader castles, the rustic villages, the wild scenery!
(Okay, make that TWO words: "King Philip", Alexander the Great's dear old dad -- his glorious tomb, 80 km from Thessaloniki, was only discovered in 1977 and is AMAZING! The site has been turned into the most incredible museum! And Thessaloniki is a cool city with great connections to the rest of Greece [we flew to Rhodes from there] and the lovely coastline.)
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