Comments on: A Blogging Blind Date

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:42:22 +0000

I know this post is old news (ha) but I thought I’d throw this in…my “fake” friend Josh (a writer for my section on relevantmagazine.com and someone I’ve not met yet face to face) took a cross-country trip recently. On his way from Indiana to Seattle for grad school, he stayed in many homes of people he only knew through blogger/the internet and also of perfect strangers. You can see his sum-up post about this or go back through his late July/early August posts that document his journey with photos and stories.

It’s seriously remarkable. He’s a link:

http://www.thelongbrake.com/blog/2007/09/01/to-the-left-to-the-left-seattle-washington-home-is-a-fluid-concept/

By: eric

eric — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:02:13 +0000

Rich Kirkpatrick and I met with Victor from The Wonderful Noise last week. It was pretty cool…

By: ernestparker

ernestparker — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:09:52 +0000

My wife blogs too and we met a great couple called the Marlers. A few days after that I met (along with the Marlers) Bush and a friend of his named Jimmie when they were down in Houston.

Aaron Ivey would be another…My wife is the best at it…she has met about 11 people from the blog world.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:50:00 +0000

I haven’t, but would like to. I have met people in person that I knew through message boards, though.

By: curt

curt — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:22:29 +0000

dude, sorry I was mean.

By: brodyharper

brodyharper — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:45:50 +0000

Curt. Is this a way to make fun of us, or are you looking for friends? Either way. No I didn’t play D&D, but thanks for asking.

Oh Yeah and “dude@yahoo.com” is almost as clever as “screw@you.com”…

By: curt

curt — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:59:57 +0000

So, did any of you play D&D in high school?

By: cool dad

cool dad — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:50:53 +0000

That sounds like fun. We’re new, so not many blog friends yet (aww…)

On a related note, there are people that I communicate better with online than in person. If I email them, I can be casual and funny, but in person, I feel like we’re still in the getting-to-know-each-other stage. Does that make any sense?

By: brandon.marler

brandon.marler — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:35:39 +0000

my wife and i had a “blog blind date” with Bush and another ‘blogger’ friend a couple of weeks ago…some of the best fellowship we’ve had in years!! love those guys! glad you and Brian got to hang with him!!

By: Mr. Police Man

Mr. Police Man — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:20:37 +0000

I never have. I have a few readers in other countries and would love to make a trip out of it!