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The fire, the dog, the lake

Longtime Making Light pal Julia (of Sisyphus Shrugged) is now posting at popular lefty group blog Firedoglake. The Lake itself...

The fire, the dog, the lake -- comment #1 from Linkmeister

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:24:48 -0500

That falling plaster includes registration, a wait for an activation link in your e-mail, and a l-o-o-n-g wait on your first log-in. Be forewarned.

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Posted December 1, 2007 2:24 PM by Linkmeister

The fire, the dog, the lake -- comment #2 from Jon Meltzer

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:51:47 -0500

The plaster has fallen. The links to Julia's and Dave Neiwert's posts work, but the links from there to home and to registration do not. Guess I'll wait until tomorrow.

Looks pretty, though. Are they trying to compete with Kos, perchance?

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Posted December 1, 2007 2:51 PM by Jon Meltzer

The fire, the dog, the lake -- comment #3 from Jim

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:59:46 -0500

Hey, that's great news. I have always found all three of those blogs to be worth reading.

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Posted December 1, 2007 3:59 PM by Jim

The fire, the dog, the lake -- comment #4 from JRip

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:02:55 -0500

for the record the Breslin quote is from a column published in May 2000:

May 13, 2000
There he is. I can see him through the car window. He's trying out the roof of City Hall this time. Rudolph Giuliani always is a little man in search of a balcony.

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Posted December 1, 2007 4:02 PM by JRip

The fire, the dog, the lake -- comment #5 from Randolph Fritz

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:00:24 -0500

It's not working at all for me. Maybe it's overloaded. Hmmm.

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Posted December 1, 2007 5:00 PM by Randolph Fritz

The fire, the dog, the lake -- comment #6 from P J Evans

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:09:09 -0500

Not having been able to access FDL from home (via dial-up) for some months, I only see it by sneaking it at work or at friends.
Maybe registration will discourage the drive-by trolls, although their resident trolls will still be around.

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Posted December 1, 2007 5:09 PM by P J Evans

The fire, the dog, the lake -- comment #7 from Siun

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:12:37 -0500

Thanks Patrick for the link and the kind words. We're really excited to have Julia joining us - and more surprises to come. Today has been moving day with the inevitable bumps and bangs and lost coffee pots so please forgive the commotion - and come by to visit as we settle into the new lake.

Making Light is a favorite here always!

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Posted December 1, 2007 7:12 PM by Siun

The fire, the dog, the lake -- comment #8 from Randolph Fritz

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:07:11 -0500

It's ba-ack...

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Posted December 1, 2007 8:07 PM by Randolph Fritz

The fire, the dog, the lake -- comment #9 from Terry (in Germany)

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:29:59 -0500

Yay!, and Dammn.... because FDL has fallen off my "must read" list to my "look at the headers and think about list.

More to the point, it was rarely a place I looked at comments. They got too long, to fast and lacked the sort of bandinage one finds here.

I hope the changes described above will make the comments more interesting, because I really missed the more political entries at jmhm.

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Posted December 1, 2007 9:29 PM by Terry (in Germany)

The fire, the dog, the lake -- comment #10 from beth meacham

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:14:59 -0500

As a long-time firepup, I think the migration to FDL's new server and software went really well. Lots better than the last switch-over, that's for sure.

The registration requirement is to keep the drive-by trolls away. They've become a serious problem during FDL's more controversial live-blogging --such as the day Valerie Plame was live in the comments, answering questions. The comments are heavily moderated, so usually we don't see the worst of them. But it makes a lot of work for the mods.

It's a great place, though. Come visit.

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Posted December 1, 2007 10:14 PM by beth meacham

The fire, the dog, the lake -- comment #11 from Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:51:50 -0500

Siun, Beth, I certainly know what that's like -- relaunch technical glitches and all.

Adding Julia shows that FDL has excellent taste.

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Posted December 1, 2007 11:51 PM by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

The fire, the dog, the lake -- comment #12 from Michael Bloom

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:44:39 -0500

Do not want. The new layout and procedures have seriously degraded the information-to-mouse-clicks ratio. I can't afford to open every link that looks like it might be interesting, only to discover that it's just another rant I could've written myself.

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Posted December 2, 2007 7:44 AM by Michael Bloom

The fire, the dog, the lake -- comment #13 from Nenya

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:45:39 -0500

jmhm! How cool! Congratulations.

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Posted December 3, 2007 1:45 AM by Nenya