Many of you will have already seen
this article and be aware of the furor that it has caused in blogland. I know that the article is now nearly two weeks old, but I only came across it on Friday afternoon. Although we take
The Times I did not read the article in the hard copy as it did not register with me that an article accompanied by the photograph a of a tarty looking girl would be about blogging. The article writes disparagingly about social networking via Blogs, Facebook and Twitter, heavily criticising the 'nothing is off limits' culture of some.
Don Mills Diva was just one of the bloggers quoted without her full knowledge. She has started a campaign to 'respect the blog' which you can do by putting this logo
on your blog, linking it to her article, leaving a comment and writing a post about it yourself if you feel strongly enough.
Now onto a more pleasant aspect of blogging. I have been given this rather novel Lemonade award by
A Brit in Tennessee, who is a Cheshire expat.
I had seen this award on other blogs and liked the look of it. Thank you to A Brit in Tennesse for thinking of me. Now I have to pass the award on to eight blogs which show great attitude or gratitude. Not an easy task. I am sorry that this award is not a BAFTA or a Grammy and that it is not something stronger. My nominations are as follows:
Congratulations to you all! Now it just leaves me to propose a lemonade toast to the respected blog.
on your blog, linking it to her article, leaving a comment and writing a post about it yourself if you feel strongly enough.