These days, I read The New Yorker two or three or four weeks after it comes out, because I get it second hand from my friend Jim. Sometimes I wonder if that’s why I’ve felt so behind on everything lately, but most days I expect that it’s just a combination of laziness and of enjoying not being totally in the loop.
Anyway, the Talk of the Town for June 5 contained a little squib about Jason Kottke and Meg Hourihan, who were profiled in the magazine in a November 2000 article (which I have not read) called “You’ve Got Blog.” The original article detailed their meeting, online and then in person, and budding romance. The new piece recaps that and ends with their wedding (“Most Flickr’d Ceremony Ever”), and the last line of the piece seemed worth sharing:
Jason and Meg agreed that living at least some of their lives online had been a positive experience, even though there were times when it was uncomfortable. “If you are looking to make friends and have experiences, you have to be open,” Jason said, an observation that may apply as much to love as it does to blogging.