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Vivian J. Paige

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I learned a lot about politics as the result of my run for City Treasurer. This blog is my way of staying in touch with those who supported me and reaching out to those who did not.

The primary focus of this blog is Norfolk politics. Of course, yo

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  • Spammer sentenced to prison

    Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 10:33 in blogging, technology and gadgets

    Each day, I start off by deleting spam: that delivered to my Blackberry, my desktop mail client, my online mail and my blog. It is perhaps the least productive part of my day. Spammers are creative: despite having spam filters everywhere (except on m...

  • Blogs United wrapup

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 07:42 in blogging, fun stuff

    It has been two years since bloggers from around the Commonwealth gathered. This past Saturday, Blogs United held another conference. The number of bloggers was much smaller than in years past but the number of non-bloggers in attendance was larger. ...

  • Reminder: Blogs United Saturday

    Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 08:25 in blogging, fun stuff

    Just a quick reminder that the Blogs United conference is coming up this Saturday, November 21. The event will be held from 9am-4pm at the David Student Union Center on the campus of Christopher Newport University in Newport News. Among the media per...

  • Register for Blogs United

    Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 15:03 in politics, Local, Virginia, blogging, hampton roads

    It’s that time again. Bloggers from all over the Commonwealth will be coming together on Saturday, November 21, for Blogs United, a day of fun, food, and, of course, a little politics The event this year is being held at the David Student Uni...

  • About comments

    Posted on Thursday September 24th, 2009 at 22:49 in blogging

    I have tried to make this blog a place where people of differing opinions can have a civil conversation. Until now, except for profanity, I’ve pretty much allowed comments to be posted without any intervention on my part.  Unfortunately, a few...

  • Giving credit where credit is due

    Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 07:01 in blogging

    There was an interesting article on MediaShift a couple of weeks ago about what newspapers want when bloggers are linking to them. The writer decided to ask the opinions of three web editors, one of them being Jane Elizabeth of The Virginian-Pilot, o...

  • Blog messed up

    Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 10:02 in blogging

    The fine folks here at wordpress.com have made a backend change to the theme that I’ve been using and screwed something up. As the result, the blog looks like crap. Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do until they fix it. Worse part is that ...