The Etymology of Blog
Posted April 13, 2015 at 10:39 pm

Back when our hard drives were so small that every time we saved a JPEG, we chose the lowest quality, because "maybe it'll take up less space?"

I remember straight-up refusing to use the word "blog" without the apostrophe preceding it back then, because I still thought of the word as a shortened version of "weblog."

That's right. That's what the word "blog" is short for, you youngsters. (Not you, the person who's all "HEY!! I knew that!" You, the person who's all "Oh, huh, Danielle's a fucking grandma.")

I forgot to link this earlier, but last Friday my pal Chris Schweizer (who is a FAAABULOUS cartoonist!!) did a little recorded chit-chat with me about GWS, writing graphic novels without so much as knowing the artist, my weird high school, and the magic that is Richard Thompson. Among other things. Give it a listen if you're into that kind of thing!

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Danielle likes to read...

New faves!!

Underpants and Overbites
My Giant Nerd Boyfriend
Boumeries
Up and Out
Alison and her Rock Awesome Robot
Kevin Budnik's autobio comics
Lunarbaboon

~*TIMELESS CLASSICS*~

Questionable Content
Something Positive
Dumbing of Age
Diesel Sweeties
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Johnny Wander
Octopus Pie
That Deaf Guy
LunarBaboon
Sufficiently Remarkable
Blaster Nation
Ramen Empire
Molebashed
Murdercake
Jump Rope
Outlander Man

Too Sexy For Work!
Chester 5000 (too sexy for work!)

Oh Joy Sex Toy (also too sexy!)
The Rock Cocks (careful: sexy!)

Finished, but worth re-reading!
The Bad Chemicals
Cul de Sac 

I also love the podcast My Brother My Brother And Me!

My old pal R. Stevens and I used to do a podcast called Coffee and Cider! It was mostly about being work-obsessed idiots and human beings who like beverages and have cats.