Dec 23rd

Dec 23, 2006 18:25

Aside from that, I picked Horace Walpole as today's writer. My set of his letters was printed in 1909. And so many pages are uncut! How could someone not read such delightful letters? But the purpose of uncut sets is to preserve the words for those of us farther down the road, of course. They get loved eventually, even if whoever bought the ( Read more... )

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gillpolack December 24 2006, 02:54:20 UTC
That makes me thinks Walpole is the pre-history of blogging because - yes - that letter could have been written by a blogger.

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Try... randwolf December 24 2006, 02:58:07 UTC
here for notifications. Also check the e-mail address LJ has on file for you.

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Re: Try... sartorias December 24 2006, 04:18:30 UTC
Thanks--did check--but though nothing is changed, nothing comes thru. Sigh.

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Re: Try... randwolf December 24 2006, 06:52:04 UTC
Sigh. Could be that LJ is getting overloaded with seasonal traffic, could be a bug. Hope slobbit gets somewhere with it.

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sartorias December 24 2006, 04:17:23 UTC
*beam*

Glad you liked it!

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slobbit December 24 2006, 03:37:18 UTC
You know, I've noticed a bobble in my notifications recently as well. I really rely on them, and they've been quite spotty lately. A few have showed up late, but mostly they go missing. Haven't noticed so much in recent days, but that might be the lack of contact in general.

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sartorias December 24 2006, 04:17:51 UTC
I checked the settings, but nothing has come through at all today.

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slobbit December 24 2006, 04:38:19 UTC
Time to file a bug report with LJ. I'll do it when I get home from work, even though I knew you'd replied because I got an email notification. (^_~)

Yay for you for writing! I've managed a little, but was braindead from yesterday afternoon on, after I gave blood.

*wobbles*

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handworn December 24 2006, 05:04:16 UTC
I have to admit, that must rank as the description of boredom least likely to evoke it.

Upon such a world, no one should wonder at the splash made by Tom Jones, Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe.

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