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September 24, 2004

Christian Crumlish

At meta-roj blog, roj has done a good job of tracking down the Swift Vet's blog-spam tactics: meta-roj blog: BLOGSPAMMER ID: Swift Boat Veterans For Truth

In other news, been kind of quiet around here lately.... My energy has been going into The Power of Many and most of my other contributors (besides the indefatigable Liza) seem to have forgotten where we live.

Posted by xian at September 24, 2004 11:42 AM

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Sorry, xian, wish I could have been here contributing more regularly, but work cut into my blogging hours. As luck would have it, I'm returning once again to the ranks of the un/underemployed...meaning I should have LOTS of time to blog, both here and at my own place. ;-)

Posted by: Rayne at September 24, 2004 5:27 PM

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