Hello? Is This Thing On?
Hey, Howard here. This is TroxBlog. We were gonna call it "Howard's End" but figured that name would be, you know, the butt of too many jokes.
I don't know what this is going to become, but here is how it is going to start out. I'll make morning posts that summarize, update or look ahead at my columns in the St. Petersburg Times, as well as posts that offer a quick new take on the morning's events.
There'll also be frequent posts summing up the best of reader e-mail criticism & reaction. Heck, I'll probably also post the worst, just to reflect what people are saying.
Every couple of weeks (if there's enough interest) I'll spend part of an afternoon in more or less "live" chat with anybody who wants to talk, via the comment function on this blog.
By the way, this is my dog Harry. I just wanted to make sure I could get the photo-putter-in-ner-thing to work. Looks like I can. Now, if you will indulge me with a couple other matters as well...
Welcome to TroxBlog, the web-home of columnist Howard Troxler, where he and readers discuss his column topics and current events. The goal here is to focus on the merits of issues, instead of personal attacks or knee-jerk partisanship.
........Howard,
1)did you ever consider lasik
2)did you get diagnosed with glaucoma
3)did you get SLT to cure your glaucoma
4)can we call you Howard..
5)did you want us to ask personal questions like this in your blog...
mark sibley,m.d.
(Howard here. Sounds more like a business question than a personal question to me... :) Answers: No. Yes. No. Yes. OK by me.)
Posted by: floridaeyecenter | February 25, 2007 at 12:33 PM
How come the dog gets referred to by name but the cats are only identified as "3 cats"?
Shilrye
(Howard here. Well, the reason is not anti-cat-ism, but merely that it takes so long to name 'em. Since you asked, their names are Abou, Clarence and Simone.)
Posted by: Shirley | February 25, 2007 at 01:34 PM
See, you are on just a few days and already they are calling you four eyes and a cat-hater. And of course, nothing could be further from the truth re: hating cats. See: Betty.
Welcome to the blogosphere.
Posted by: Wayne Garcia | February 25, 2007 at 09:19 PM
As a long time fan of yours, Howard, I am glad to see you finally adapt to the new technology. After all, what is a blog but an on-line opinion column.
Of course, instead of getting emails from loyal readers, we can comment here directly.
We are the blogs. Resistence is futile. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own.
Posted by: Jim Johnson | February 26, 2007 at 07:45 PM
Love the blog. I too think people should be allowed to marry whomever they want, and keep yer stinken hands off a my gun.
DALE ANN
Posted by: D ROMANO | April 25, 2007 at 04:30 PM