The Year of Distributed Intelligence

January 1, 2005

Dilys.  Blogging Dinosaur of the Year. Or at least a phoneme in ABC's Word of the Year. [Query, if a blogger has a co-author is the blog then a diphthong?]

Dilys gingerly lumbered, blinking, onto the blogosphere stage September 12, 2004, inspired by characterizations of "guys in pajamas" and exposures of "dinosaur media."  That was in the heat of the unmasking of Rathergate, and in the wake of blogs', well, shall we call it, amplification of the coverage of the Iraq invasion,  the 2004 election campaign, and the Unresolved Unpleasantness in the Anglican Communion.

Well, she said to herself, I wear white linen pajamas, I too am a dinosaur, I have some things I think, and I possess a keyboard and a new Road Runner connection. What more could a not-yet-extinct gal ask?

In that arena, she has had a delightful 2004, and will never be the same. Thanks to all for the conversation. And, like the four Beatrix Potter bunnies, she is about to run along and not get into any mischief in 2005.

Not.

Much to her baby-author's shock, one cliche turns out to be true. Her favorite post?  The one she is writing at any given moment.  Her best one?  Only you can tell.