Now that was exciting!  Just around 1 P.M. today, I brought BlogChat, a group chat, to Xanga and was almost immediately greeted by Last_Enigma.  Isn't it a sign of the end of the world when the "Last shall be first" ??  Anyway, shortly thereafter, it grew more convivial with the arrival of LAWoman, Texie, and Buzz.  Thanks to all of them, I chatted right through my lunch hour and grew leaner though no meaner.

The Blogchat applet, represented and activated by a clickable green or red diamond above, is a beta chat-service for blogs with its homebase at www.blogchat.com.  The simple, indicative color coding is the key:

 = offline      = online

So you'll only find the host available when the diamond is green .

Here's how the developer describes this service:

A BlogChat is a browser-based chat window that you can attach to your weblog or site. When you are online your visitors can engage in a text discussion with you in real time. The chat can be a popup window or you can embed it right in the page. All you have to do is put some links on your page, we provide the service.

I think I'll be back online later tonight, roundabout 9 or 10 EST.  I might even have more surprises then.  Or perhaps just a mystical moment like one-hand-clapping to share?!

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The Vatican has just excommunicated seven women who claim to be priests and refuse to repent, saying Monday that the group had "wounded" the Roman Catholic Church.

Excommunicate.  That means they "go to hell".

And what has "the Vatican" done about all the pervert male pedophile priests that have repeatedly raped and sexually molested trusting children?

Nothing.

They "go to another parish".

1st child (observing some stupidity on the part of 2nd child): "It takes a dope to kill a pope!"
2nd child (typical response): "Shut up!"
But as a child, my invented riposte: "But it takes a real dope to kill two popes!"

What does it take to do three ?

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