993rd Friday Blog Roundup

A few weeks ago, we went to see the Pixies. Josh loves the Pixies. I like the Pixies. But Josh has been accompanying me to the symphony (more on that another day). I love the symphony. Josh likes the symphony. So these are the things you do for the people you love, and we love each other, so at least we match up there.

It was a great show — they played “Wave of Mutilation” twice, once fast and once slow. We danced through most of the set, though there was a moment when they played “Here Comes Your Man” when I closed my eyes, and for about three seconds, I honestly believed that I was 19 again and getting ready to go out for the night. And when I opened them and saw that I was at a concert with a bunch of other grey-haired people, I was so profoundly sad that you can’t go backwards and revisit favourite moments in time.

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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.

Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.

As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

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And now the blogs…

But first, second, helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. To read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

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Okay, now my choices this week.

No Kidding in NZ writes about how to participate in interviews or essay collections when you have an anonymous blog. In other words, how do you come out as a blogger when you’ve kept that side of your life from other people in your day-to-day world? She makes an excellent point: “I don’t find it necessary that all my family and friends should know everything about me. We all share different parts of each others’ lives, so it is fine that other parts of my life are relatively separate.”

Lastly, The Barreness writes about being the responsible one. This moment captures so much: “When my dear friend was hospitalized and told she needed a new kidney and a heart, I immediately thought, can I donate mine? I mentally volunteered mine, before researching if it was even possible with my chronic illnesses.” And, of course, what do you do when life throws a curve ball, as she reveals by the end of the post? Sending a lot of good thoughts.

The roundup to the Roundup: Time only moves forward. Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between June 21 – 28) and not the blog’s main URL. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week. Read the original open thread post here.