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Saturday, August 4, 2007

Hendrik Hertzberg Has a New Blog

posted by on August 4 at 9:10 AM

I heard this at a forum at YearlyKos yesterday, in which one of the panelists welcomed the writer for The New Yorker into the world of instant publishing. He stood up and took a sort-of bow. Here’s the beginning of his first entry:

Wham.

August 02, 2007

Bam.

Here goes my blogging virginity. It isn’t so bad. The earth isn’t moving yet, but it seldom does the first time, does it?

Only on the Slog, Rick. Only on the Slog.

And then, about 200 words into the afterglow…

Jesus Christ. So that’s where the days go.

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