Blogger Photos
Category: Navel Gazing...
Posted Friday, June 25, 2004 at 10:17 PM [GMT-6]

It's always a pleasant surprise to see photos of bloggers whom I've read regularly for months (or even years) but for whom I had only a mental picture based on their words. In a happy coincidence, three of those folks have recently posted photos for the first time (that I'm aware of):

• TulipGirl blogs from the Ukraine, and has posted a photo of herself with her four young sons.


• Bryan McAnally is the proprietor of Spare Change, and he's got wedding photos to celebrate his 9th anniversary.


• Jared goes hard at both The Thinklings groupblog and his own Mysterium Tremendum, and he's got a Father's Day photo with an exceedingly cute little daughter-tyke.

Of course, many bloggers have graced us with photos from day one. Scott over at The Fat Guy greets us on his home page with a pic of him and his bud Billy Joe Shaver. Julie Neidlinger has a self-portrait on her home page, done in appropriately artistic fashion. And Dawn Eden at The Dawn Patrol has posted so many good photos that I'm at a loss to pick just one (although the silver lamé dress has to be near the top of the list!). Here's a recent sample. [Update: Well, what was I thinking? Dawn has plenty of photos on her home page (which leads to her blog). Also, she has a whole series of brand new posts with photos, beginning with this one.]

John Comeaux blogs about Lafayette Life, and he has a constantly rotating set of photos of his whole family on the home page. Clarence over at Can You Hear Me Now? presents a stern visage on the home page, but he's not fooling anyone.

Deb Thompson brings us Write Lightning, and ups the ante for everyone with her Writer Cam, where, if you're fortunate, you can see a real live getting-paid-for-it writer pound it out on the keyboard in semi-realtime. And I know for a fact that Jen over at Jen Speaks has a bunch of photos of herself squirreled away somewhere, because I've seen 'em; I just can't seem to locate them now. [Update: Jen tells me that her photos can be found here. Reload the page to see new ones.]

Dan Morris tries to play coy with us, posting a 30x30 pixel photo of himself waaaaay down on From Behind The Wall of Sleep, under the mistaken impression that no one will notice. Ha! Then there's fellow Midlander Wallace who blogs at Streams. Wallace is a little unique in that he's got a bunch of photos of himself, but usually in tandem with a celebrity, famous politician or war hero. In the linked photo, we see him with a Doobie Brother (really!). Plus, we kill two birds with one stone, because we get to see his lovely new wife AND blogger, Julie, who holds forth at The Yellow Bug News.

Finally, there are the near misses. For example, Irene at ireneQ - unravelled once sent me a pic to photoshop so she could add it to her blog, in response to reader requests. She apparently thought better of it, as it's never appeared. But I know what you look like, Irene! (Here's a hint: she's a beautiful young woman.)

Some time ago, I pitched an idea to the aforementioned Scott aka The Fat Guy. My harebrained scheme centered on the idea of creating a blogger-of-the-month (or day) calendar, with photos of bloggers. Between the two of us, we never could figure out how to make it work, or how to find the time to figure out how to make it work. The idea is now officially released into the public domain. But, based on the photos I've seen thus far on blogs, most of the guys would be better off remaining mysterious. Why do you think I've got photos of my dog here?