Sunday, September 29, 2024

Time for a Learner's Permit*

On September 29, 2009, Souldat published the very first post here at Parallel Context. 

Fifteen years ago.

In blog years that's pretty old for a continuously updated blog, but not nearly as old as some other blogs I follow. You probably know one of them --The Ancient Gaming Noob-- and there are others that PC is almost but not quite as old, such as Priest With a Cause, but that's the breaks. We're survivors in a field where participants' timeline is typically measured in months, not years, much less decades.

And for the love of God, don't read my early posts. I still cringe at them when I occasionally wander back that far, hunting for something I might have written back then.




*Well, in six months or so, according to Ohio law. You can get a learner's permit for driving at age 15 years 6 months, but you can't pass a full driver's test until age 16.


6 comments:

  1. Congrats or something on being one of us!

    How to define the mania of keeping a blog going this long is left as an exercise for the reader.

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    1. Thanks!

      (I think.)

      The mania is probably different for each of us, but for me it gives me a chance to write and publish something fairly quickly in an environment that forgives faux pas in English grammar and style. I also don't have to overthink anything here given the short style format of blogging, which is something that plagues my attempts at fiction.

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  2. Grats! You're a couple of years ahead of me!

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    1. Thanks!

      Well.... If you count your 'zine era, you've been doing this gig longer than all of us!

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  3. Congrats on 15 years! That's quite the milestone to have reached :D

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