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{ 2008 02 22 }

Ending the week with good news

Rob May, better known as the BusinessPundit until he sold that site, has been an email / blog acquaintance for at least 3 or 4 years. He and his wife Tonya have ended the week by bringing an adorable little girl into the world.

As they enjoy their first few hours with Maggie, you can enjoy this classic Rod Stewert song. I’m sorry, but if I have to have a Rod Stewert song stuck in my head, you do too.

BTW, we need a word for somebody you have never met, yet know well enough via blog and email that you can reasonably expect them to answer an email from you fairly quickly. Acquaintance seems too distant, friend seems a little too personal.

Posted by Chris ODonnell on Friday, February 22, 2008, at 6:00 pm. Filed under Random. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

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  1. Mark | February 22, 2008 at 7:16 pm | Permalink

    I always label such people, “possible Pentagon AI experiments.” I figure if anyone is doing AI development, the blogosphere is the perfect testing zone. So you never know if the guy or girl your chatting with is a black box in some restricted basement somewhere.

  2. Jeanne | February 23, 2008 at 8:42 am | Permalink

    I use the word e-quaintance a lot, but I don’t think it describes the level of e-lationship you’re talking about.

    “On line friend” sounds slightly creepy, but it’s what I hear frequently. OLF doesn’t work though.

    Cyber friend?

    I confess, I usually just say “friends” and explain that I’ve never met them but I “know them online” if I have to later.