Once upon a time ...

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I love reading personal web sites. Sometimes I love reading them because they make me scratch my head and ask myself why someone would want to write about him or herself in such a way in such a public medium, and sometimes because they truly succeed in giving a believable glimpse into the uniqueness of someone whom I'll probably never meet yet feel that I've come to know.

Many of the personal sites I visit (or chance upon) have photographs, and yes, I even enjoy seeing them (even when they're of the family dog) but my favorites are almost exclusively textual. I personally enjoy having the opportunity to create a picture in my mind, rather than having one jump out at me. So even though I'd like the world to see how wonderful my kids are, I no longer feel an urge to post photographs of them on my site.

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