Curious Kelly

So I'm over at 5 Minutes for Parenting today, ranting about the FDA trying to take away my kids' cold medicine. I don't rant often these days, because after years of ranting, I found it did little besides raise my blood pressure and focus my attention on things that don't fit the Philippians 4:8-9 criteria. (Northwest Airlines, for example, is not noble or reputable. Neither is the check-out cashier who was unspeakably rude to me.) But I couldn't hold this one in. It chapped my hide.

But now ... I'll let it go. Deep cleaning breath. Aaaaaand exhale. Because as Bok Choy taught me, "If I hold on to my anger, my anger will hold on to me."

Plus, I have more important things to attend to today. Mainly, Bloglines appears to be permanently hosed. I'm considering switching to Google Reader. (By the way, did you know I know one of the top guys at Google? I do. He worked with me at NBC. Incredibly smart, good-looking guy. He went to Google before they went public. I believe he's what's known as a gazillionaire these days. Hey Adam, if you feel like buying a house on a lake in Minnesota, call me. I'll totally hook you up.)

Wait. Where was I? Oh yes. Google Reader. If you use a blog feed service, which one do you use? Do you favor one over the others? And if you use Bloglines, have you also noticed a certain lack of quality service lately?

Not that I'm ranting about this! I'm just stating the obvious.
Posted by Kelly @ Love Well on Wednesday, October 08, 2008

23 comments:

  1. SarahWednesday, October 08, 2008 4:37:00 PM

    First off, I heartily agree on the cold medicine. If I can help my child sleep, I'd like to do that.

    Second, I am a google reader. Since I do freelance work and have a gmail account for it, my gmail is open all day. Now I just open up the reader too. So throughout the day I can catch blogs as they're written. This is nice. And awful. Sometimes I have trouble prioritizing. "I'll work on that job after I read just one more blog." Yeah right.

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  2. JeniWednesday, October 08, 2008 4:38:00 PM

    Bloglines has given me fits for several weeks, which is why I made the switch to Google reader this morning.

    The last straw was when it wouldn't pick up Rocks in my Dryer. I mean, seriously, the nerve!!!

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  3. Sarah@Life in the ParsonageWednesday, October 08, 2008 4:40:00 PM

    I switched over from bloglines to google reader several months ago (for no reason) but I am loving Google reader!

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  4. AnonymousWednesday, October 08, 2008 4:43:00 PM

    Oh yes, Google Reader all the way!

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  5. Heather of the EOWednesday, October 08, 2008 4:50:00 PM

    I rant about the cold medicine thing quite often. Especially these days. COLD season days.
    I use Google Reader, but I don't know how great it is because it's all I know, nothing to compare it to. I can say that I don't have any complaints. Oh wait. Sometimes it takes a really long time for new posts to actually show up. Other times they appear immediately. I suppose that's normal? Anyway, I'm really not helping so I'll stop now :)

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  6. Mocha with LindaWednesday, October 08, 2008 4:54:00 PM

    Google Reader, yes indeed has saved my life. It was makin me crazy clicking on the links in my blogroll multiple times a day until they were uipdated.

    What, you don't think the government should control what you can buy? While we're at it, can I gripe about the hassle required just to buy a package of Sudafed these days? Ridiculous.

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  7. a Tonggu MommaWednesday, October 08, 2008 4:55:00 PM

    I've always had Google Reader. No complaints so far.

    But I have PLENTY of complaints about the new FDA rulings on cold medicine.

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  8. Queen BWednesday, October 08, 2008 7:37:00 PM

    Bloglines causes me anxiety. But setting up a new reader thing causes me greater anxiety.

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  9. Leah Wednesday, October 08, 2008 7:41:00 PM

    I use BlogLines, and I thought it was weird that absolutely NO ONE I follow posted a thing today! I get leary about switching things that I'm totally comfortable with, and tend to be (maybe) a bit more patient than some. But if things like this continue, I will consider switching to something else.

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  10. JeanaWednesday, October 08, 2008 8:10:00 PM

    I did a post on this, and I'm pretty sure it was unanimously Google Reader that was recommended, so I switched. It does work better, I do prefer it, and the only thing I don't like is that I have to either scroll down a post or manually click on "mark read"--it doesn't mark it read simply because I click on the title, like Bloglines did. But then, that does seem secondary to, you know, ACTUALLY READING THE FEEDS. (Sorry, apparently there's still a little rant left in me.)

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  11. JennyWednesday, October 08, 2008 9:10:00 PM

    Funny you should ask... I was just looking at my Bloglines with no posts marked in it, after a day, thinking, "I should try Google Reader".

    But it does make me a little bit jumpy to think about learning something new.

    And, Cold Medicine... I'll need to go read your rant. We don't do cold medicine here too much, mostly because I hate taking it myself cuz it makes me feel so loopy, so I don't give it to my kids, just cuz I don't think about it. Maybe I should start?

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  12. Lisa SpenceWednesday, October 08, 2008 9:58:00 PM

    Google reader here too, and love it. Of course, I've never used any other reader so I have no frame of reference...

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  13. AnonymousThursday, October 09, 2008 3:38:00 AM

    I'm here via your cold medicine post, and I generally can't stand it when the govt tries to tell me anything about how to raise my kids.

    On another note, I LOVE your tagline! I might adopt it as my own little motto in life. Very positive. Thanks!

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  14. UnknownThursday, October 09, 2008 7:31:00 AM

    Well, that answers it - I jst thought my computer had gone wonky. Apparently it was Bloglines all along!

    I haven't thought about switching, but I guess I would consider it...

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  15. Lora Lynn @ VitafamiliaeThursday, October 09, 2008 9:49:00 AM

    Not that I would ever use this, of course, but a tablespoon of honey, a tablespoon of juice, and 1 tblsp (or less) of brandy does the same thing.

    I'm just sayin'.

    Google reader, all the way.

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  16. Suburban CorrespondentThursday, October 09, 2008 12:29:00 PM

    I love Google Reader!

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  17. AnonymousThursday, October 09, 2008 1:09:00 PM

    I recently started using Google Reader and I LOVE it!

    And I totally agree on the cold meds, btw.

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  18. AThursday, October 09, 2008 1:49:00 PM

    I love my Google Reader! And- I have my Google page personalized, which means that even though I doubt I could pull up blogger while at school, I can open my page and log in, and see if I have any new blog entries! Love it!

    Hmm, A bummer about the cold medicine. Hard to see them being so miserable, but have no tools to help! And hey- we turned out okay, didn't we?

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  19. T with HoneyThursday, October 09, 2008 1:54:00 PM

    I'd don't think my blog addiction would be this strong if it wasn't for Google Reader. It makes keeping track of all the blogs I love, like and may want to read so easy.

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  20. Stephanie WetzelThursday, October 09, 2008 2:01:00 PM

    I guess I'm the only one so far who uses the reader in Flock, the new browser. I like it, but I didn't have much experience with Bloglines when I switched, and I've never used Google Reader.

    But it's working well for me.

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  21. GretchenThursday, October 09, 2008 6:29:00 PM

    Hi Kelly. I am here from Mer's blog, saying hi.

    I have used Google Reader for about 3 months now, and for the most part, it works great.

    Sorry about your baby's cold! Blessings, Gretchen

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  22. mer@lifeat7000feetThursday, October 09, 2008 7:22:00 PM

    Kelly...I switched to Google reader back in August. Just seems to work more consistently for me.

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  23. UnknownSunday, October 12, 2008 3:57:00 PM

    I'm a bit late to respond . . . I use bloglines and was about to switch, when all the sudden my posts showed up! I'm staying there for now :)

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