I keep thinking of this quote.  Wish I had heard it sooner in life.

Do you not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?

Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre

Back in September I started this experiment as an alternate to Facebook (Welcome!, Facebook Problems, Early Thoughts).  I like it and have decided to pony up and pay the good folks at WordPress for their services.  This means no more ads (as it should be).

I also learned that there is a Facebook-like feed for other blogs that you follow (sorry, only WordPress).  That button called “[Reader]” at the top of the page when you log in shows all the blogs you follow with postings in chronological order, quite a bit like other more popular social media sites.  Nice stuff!