Comments on: Wistful and confused http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/20/wistful-and-confused/ Palmer, CL. “Structures and strategies of interdisciplinary science.” JASIS 50(3): 242-253, 1999 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:15:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/20/wistful-and-confused/comment-page-1/#comment-8214 Mark Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:49:18 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/20/wistful-and-confused/#comment-8214 Hi Laura, Your situation is intriguing to me and if I was just a bit more comfortable with myself I would try it on for size. Of course, being so far from all the books in the looooong end of the tail that I read would be tough. Anyway, I get your point as best I can being surrounded by 100,000+ other people. I do have some local friends but, as expected, they generally move away. I do have some friends via the internet, and I keep up via it with many of those who have moved on, too. Seems I do a lot of hanging and have been for a while now. Maybe that's why my back stays spasmed no matter how frequently I get a massage. ;) I appreciate your thoughts. Hi Laura,

Your situation is intriguing to me and if I was just a bit more comfortable with myself I would try it on for size. Of course, being so far from all the books in the looooong end of the tail that I read would be tough.

Anyway, I get your point as best I can being surrounded by 100,000+ other people. I do have some local friends but, as expected, they generally move away. I do have some friends via the internet, and I keep up via it with many of those who have moved on, too.

Seems I do a lot of hanging and have been for a while now. Maybe that’s why my back stays spasmed no matter how frequently I get a massage. ;)

I appreciate your thoughts.

]]> By: Laura http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/20/wistful-and-confused/comment-page-1/#comment-8170 Laura Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:43:09 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/20/wistful-and-confused/#comment-8170 Mark, there are days when I seriously don't think I could exist out here so far away from the people I've known best without the internet. It's not the same thing, of course, but it's something new and strange. What Jenica said about hanging in there. . . . Mark, there are days when I seriously don’t think I could exist out here so far away from the people I’ve known best without the internet. It’s not the same thing, of course, but it’s something new and strange. What Jenica said about hanging in there. . . .

]]> By: Mark http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/20/wistful-and-confused/comment-page-1/#comment-8166 Mark Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:35:40 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/20/wistful-and-confused/#comment-8166 Thanks, Jenica! I do know this and <em>am</em> immensely grateful for it. That's why I added "(in a direct sense)" as I did, though. I have an abundance of friends--some of whom I've never even met--near and far. I care about all my friends and extended family--blood or otherwise--but I am horrible about keeping in touch with those more physically distant. I guess that means I ought to say that I am grateful for blogs and IM and other newer means of easier contact with others. But thanks for the reminder. :) Thanks, Jenica! I do know this and am immensely grateful for it.

That’s why I added “(in a direct sense)” as I did, though. I have an abundance of friends–some of whom I’ve never even met–near and far. I care about all my friends and extended family–blood or otherwise–but I am horrible about keeping in touch with those more physically distant.

I guess that means I ought to say that I am grateful for blogs and IM and other newer means of easier contact with others.

But thanks for the reminder. :)

]]> By: Jenica http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/20/wistful-and-confused/comment-page-1/#comment-8165 Jenica Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:07:23 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/09/20/wistful-and-confused/#comment-8165 I know it's cold comfort when you look up and realize you're standing in the middle of your life, all by yourself, but you're not alone. You may be unpartnered, but you have a rich life full of people who, to varying degrees and extents, are interested in you, like you, and love you. Hang in there. Chin up. Stiff upper lip. All those good cliches. :) I know it’s cold comfort when you look up and realize you’re standing in the middle of your life, all by yourself, but you’re not alone. You may be unpartnered, but you have a rich life full of people who, to varying degrees and extents, are interested in you, like you, and love you.

Hang in there. Chin up. Stiff upper lip. All those good cliches. :)

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