I agree with The Heresy about the extremes in Canada’s weather.
LT says that the Canadian prairies experience a temperature range of about 100 degrees over a year.
Weather is the number one topic Canadians use to connect with others in conversation. We are obsessed with it, and are world leaders in research on climate.
The country has eight distinct geographical regions and to the best of my knowledge the most moderate area in the country is Victoria BC.
Here, we experience temperatures going down to -60C occasionally.
At -40C it balances out to -40F. (Thanks for the correction IdeaJoy!) Most often we hit the range of -30’sC with wind chill factors pushing the sense of the cold being more extreme.
In summer we can go into the mid +30’sC with the humidex making it feel like we are in the mid +40’sC. That works out to over 100F.
And Canada is one of the few countries that experience the midnight sun - seen only in the Arctic and Antarctic. (the sun visible at midnight)
You can be too thin
Maggie Dawn noted that most readers at her blog stay for 3 minutes or less as they do on most blogs because posts are usually short.
There’s something increasingly irritating to me in this little blog-world we’ve created: that our writing is too short. Bite-sized has its place; sometimes the succinct little thought fo the the day is just what you need to hear. But as I noted yesterday, a blog-post is deemed to have a shelf life of three days, and I can’t help noticing from my site-meter that 3 minutes is about the average length anyone stays on my site. (Maybe on other sites they stay much longer! - how do I know? ) And yes, I know enough about averages to understand that means that some people open it up searching for a shiny red car or an international Pr0n-star who (Omigod, no links to this) shares my name, and then check out immediately, while others stay, read and comment for half an hour.
I think it may be because many bloggers use RSS feeds, and just check out the latest posts on their lists.
I don’t use one. When I go to a blog, I want to get a sense of where the blogger is, and read posts prior to the ‘latest’ to get a feel for where the blogger is at.
Speed and convenience from a technical tool like an RSS feed may well serve others. I prefer to leap-blog at will, take my time and pray for the blogger.
Relying on an RSS feed to read as many as possible in a short time doesn’t afford me that priviledge. And I think an RSS feed tends to cheat me of the opportunity of reading the flow of multiple posters on blogs such as The Thinklings, the connexions or The Gutless Pacifist.
The technology of a RSS feed is great for technophiles, but it isn’t for everyone.
Southern Baptists and the rest of the Baptist World
I don’t pretend to understand the different kinds of US baptists, and I find Michael Spencer’s inside look at the withdrawal of the the Southern Baptist Convention from the World Baptist Alliance disturbing. He brings up some wise points and some errors in judgement in the the recent decision of the SBC.
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interesting thoughts, Bene. I have recently got and RSS feed but find I only use it to notice when someone I like to read has updated. I still go to the blog itself to read the post. You somehow get more of the reader’s ‘voice’ on the blog.
yep!
If you’re a scavenger of many blogs or are on the look out for particular subjects I’m sure an rss reader has its place. But I’m with you. I like to click through, follow my nose and see where I end up. RSS is I’m sure more efficient, but since blogging is a hobby I don’t need to justify doing it in what is for me the most enjoyable rather than the most efficient way.
-60c is -76f see
http://members.aol.com/pasiflora1/jtempcon.htm
I think you’re thinking of -40, that’s the matching point for celcius and fahrenheit.
- Peace
Someone forgot to tell the weather man this is Alberta, not Ontario. Our tempuratures have been high twenties to low thirties, with 70 - 80% humidity. There’s not many homes with air conditioning, ’cause you don’t generally need it. I think most of the province has moved into the basement. (There, I’ve done my Canadian bit.)
There’s something reassuring about knowing you stop to pray for the bloggers you visit. Thank you for the investing of yourself outside of the visible contributiosn you make to this blog community. I trust that God blesses you in return.
Ian: I’m far from the only blogger that does that. I know others that also take time to browse a blog and pray too. I’m grateful for them, and oh yes, God has indeed blessed! Whether He did or not, I think it’s a priviledge to be able to pray for the others all over the net.
Dave: Sorry, I’ll fix that, I mixed up numbers!
Richard and Maggie: If I did another SARS series or something I wouldn’t hestitate to use an RSS feed to glean info so I could pass it on. And I guess for some RSS feeds are valuable. A feed would take something away from this hobby for me and place it into a ‘work’ category and seem competitive somehow. A bloggers personality comes through in spite of ourselves, and the richness of our voices is part of the pleasure.
I have subscribed to an RSS feed service but rarely use it. I prefer to surf via my blogroll, and I also follow links from bloggers I trust. I also have a few readers and friends who send me links.
However, I probably am one of those ‘3 minute readers’ - I am a speed reader and can’t help it. 1000 wpm is typical and so unless I put something in the comments box it is read and run.