I’m in Deming, New Mexico and may not be able to post anything on this site until Sunday night. The hotel’s “high speed wireless internet” disconnects every four minutes.
The lobby computer won’t work. Dialup doesn’t work from the room, either, because it dials yet it gives a busy signal at the same time that it’s dialing.
Please check back often since our cobloggers will likely have some things to say. If you see posts from me over the next few days, they’ll be very short. I’ve given up trying to do any even medium or short posts tonight (this is being done fast before it disconnects).
If you’re a blogger who has sent me a link, I’ll go through all of them either Sunday night or if the lobby computer works try again tomorrow. There are BIG stories going on (not just the Foley scandal) but due to technical difficulties, I won’t be able to post much on this site the next few days — and nothing at all tonight.
If you see a post from me, it’ll be done quickly before it disconnects…
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.