So, just taking a few minutes to bang out a "real" blog posting. I've wanted to blog about our train trip to DC and other exciting things, but haven't had time to write a proper blog entry in what seems like ages.

In the meantime, I've continued micro-blogging in a couple of different ways. As always, my links on del.icio.us continue to be a history of interesting stuff I've been reading and silly videos I've watched. I've also joined Twitter, and I'm using that as a true micro-blog. One-liner postings that fly off the fingers with very little thought or composition, just to capture thoughts of the moment.

And I've become one of those creepy old people who've joined facebook. The linked article from NYT covers some of my own thoughts about this. Part of this was professional; I joined originally as HFCC staff. After Virginia Tech, every college started looking into their ability to communicate quickly and effectively with students. I knew from Emily and Hallie that facebook was a big part of how students communicated among themselves at that time. But I also think facebook is cool because unlike many other online services, you tend to connect with people you actually know in real life.

And now, I'm relaxing next to the fire in my back yard. I got to spend a lot of time out here this weekend, and took some photos of what we've done in this part of our property.

But now it's off to chat. It may be a while before a real posting again, but I'll keep the tweets coming...