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Friday, November 4, 2022

Blogging milestone.

This blog now has 1,001 comments.

Some of which are mine.

Some blogs have lots of comments all the time. For a blog with 1,047,169 views,, and 9,886 posts it's not all that many.

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Sunday, September 24, 2012. The end of the World War II Day-By-Day Blog.

The last entry on the World War II Day-By-Day Blog occurred on this day, ten years ago.

Day 1120 September 24, 1942

The blog was excellent, and we've drawn from it as a source here frequently.

Comments on the blog trailed on for some time after that, but have stopped updating.

Something happened. There was no indication at all the blog would be shut down, and none of the comments that were put up were replied to. The fact that comments were put up for almost two years suggests that somebody continued to monitor it, as spam comments did not appear.

These blogs are put up by people, most of whom do this as labors of love. This blog demonstrated a colossal amount of labor going into it. The sudden end of the blog likely means the death or severe health crisis of the author.

Some blogs disappear that way.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

Thank you for stopping in!