How about "The Irascibles"?: Burningbird had a cute idea that, she says, backfired — listing her blogroll according to good-humored, hopefully curiosity-whetting categories like "Women Who Kick Butt" or "Really Scary Smart People." Swift negative feedback spurred her not only to abandon the scheme but, characteristically for the Web's foremost lemons-to-lemonade writer, to turn the experience into an essay on labeling and identity.
I wasn't offended; rather, continue to be honored and puzzled by being listed alongside many more eloquent and interesting Weblogs; but my only regret is that I didn't have time to react to being named one of "The Huggables," or even to get a screen capture for my wife's benefit ... not to dismiss my anti-Republican and anti-Microsoft rants or diet soda, junk food, and pop culture updates, but I suspect Shelley still associates this journal with the heartbreaking news of my sister Lisa's sudden illness and death in February and March. Either that, or she's somehow seen a photo and was thinking of my rounded, teddy-bear appearance.
Still, I wish I'd had time to update the site accordingly. I have a WAV audio file of the Teletubbies saying, "Big hug!" and one of Worf from Star Trek: The Next Generation saying, "Do not hug me."
5:00:39 PM 
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