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It's almost one full year!

It was about this time last year when I registered my domain name, and I wrote my first post on December 5, 2005, and finally a family member, on my wifes side who we had not told about our health problems, managed to find out on their own.

You (at least I did) would think, since every email I send out has the URL for my blog, plus all the emails that my wife and I send to friends and relatives is suffixed with @livingwithmcl.com, it wouldn't have taken almost a full year for someone to finally be curious enough to investigate. But it did!

Yesterday, Edie received a call from her nephew, who lives in the valley, to inform us that his sister (Edie's neice), who also lives in the valley, discovered my blog. It came as quite a surprise to them. It should also make for an interesting Thanksgiving dinner, when we go over there Thursday evening.

So what is it that made her check that domain name? If it was curiosity, I would have thought she would have discovered it long ago. I always check domain names of friends to see if there is a website attached. Mostly there isn't any, but that doesn't discourage me from still checking every time I come across a new one.

But why is it that most other people don't bother? Have we just gotten so jaded by the huge number of emails, that we don't want to take the time or we just don't feel there is any value in checking? Or have we lost our adventurous nature, and no longer want to discover new things?

Who knows, but maybe this is just a sign of things to come!
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Becky said…
Wow, it doesn't seem like it's been a year already.

And I for one have not yet lost my sense of adventure. I read everything, which is why I'm behind at work. :-)

Sometimes I don't even remember where I started when I start clicking links.

Maybe they are not big readers and just skim through the mail. Who knows. I will never understand people.
5:46 AM
Becky said…
Is this the same nephew who use to leave himself notes on the mirror? Some kind of Amway cult, as I recall?
9:08 AM
Marc said…
No! We hardly see them any more. Not even sure if they have access to the internet. :)

This is the other nephew. Sister to the one who couldn't wait for me to give them a turkey a number of years ago. If you can remember that far back.

What really surprises me so much, is that I have been able to come up with things to write about for an entire year.
9:17 AM
Becky said…
Oh I remember that one.

And writing is catchy. Next thing you know you'll be reading books!

And writing is cathartic. Just think if you didn't have this outlet. All these thoughts would Uncle Fester up in your mind and not help your body at all.

It's a solitariy experience and yet we can share at the same time, unlike talking where we can't edit ourselves. :-)

Speaking of edits, how come you don't have a preview button before I send my stuff? Or am I just not looking hard enough?
4:10 AM
Marc said…
Ok, advice taken. I managed to find a plug that provides a preview button. Check it out, and tell me what you think?
5:30 AM
Becky said…
Cool, I could have used that on my last post. What I mean to say was we can't edit ourselves.
7:14 AM
Mark VanKirk said…
No, I'm definately not the Amway nephew. I'm the cool likeable nephew. I'm not sure what is meant by "Sister to the one who couldn’t wait for me to give them a turkey a number of years ago".

I am the nephew that used to be Marc's diving buddy when he was still into scuba diving.

The reason I haven't read the blog is quite simple. I have two kids that keep me busy being a baseball coach and Indian Guides Chief. I barely have time to check my own email.

I have known about the blog, but when I was here before it was filled with Biking Club information and I am not very interested in Biking. I assumed it had not changed.

I know now though, huh!
5:15 AM
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