I just want to make a quick serious post about what Kathy Sierra has been going through lately. Her most recent blog post describing what has transpired against her in the blogosphere in the past few weeks will make you physically ill. Especially if you are a blogger. She’s gotten numerous threats including throat slitting, hanging, suffocation, sex acts, photoshopped pictures, and comments on her own website and other forums…just because she blogs.

It’s all very vile and it makes me think twice about blogging and what I post on my sites. It also makes you think about the types of comments you leave on other sites and the seriousness of the comments left on your own sites. What some people think of as harmless fun or being a smartass really crosses the line sometimes, and there’s no telling when those comments will turn into actions.

People develop a false sense of bravado over the internet very quickly and write things to and about people that they would never say to that person’s face. If you wouldn’t say it out-loud, don’t type it.

Scoble is taking the week off from blogging in support of Kathy, and I think that makes for a great opportunity for some real life discussion about the impliations of the turn the blogosphere has recently taken.

Just a note that this entry is being posted on all of my blogs.

I’m not an American Idol fan, but I will be tuning in tonight for an appearance by Gwen Stefani. She’ll be coaching the contestants before their renditions of some of the best songs of the ’90′s (oxymoron?), and tomorrow night she will be performing during the results show.

EDIT: Totally fell asleep and didn’t watch any of the show. Lucky for you, Amy over at Whatever I Feel Like posted a detailed review.

You may remember Doug from earlier this week. By last night, Doug was ready for his first haircut.

First, Doug went punk.

Then Doug decided he was a little more reserved, and went for the crewcut.

Stay tuned for Doug’s next big haircut later this week.

Christina Aguilera, I think you are ridiculous.

Good day.

In May, I head to Las Vegas for a week to attend a conference for work. I’ve heard horror stories about how hectic and chaotic this conference is, so I’m not looking forward to a week’s worth of sixteen hour days when the pool at the Paris hotel will be taunting me.

It didn’t change the price of my airfare to stay a few extra days, so I figured since my company was footing the bill, I’d stay and indulge in some sun and cocktails. I even convinced Mike to catch a flight out of Chicago and spend a few days by the pool with me.

Everytime I go to Las Vegas, which has been at least once a year for the past five years, I always get the itch to look at Las Vegas homes. The warm weather and sunshine calls my name after a few winter months in Indiana.

I read that Las Vegas is one of the top five fastest growing cities in the United States, which makes Las Vegas real estate hotter than ever. A little house with an inground pool in a nice neighborhood just far enough away from the lights and jackpots to feel homey would be ideal.

Maybe I could find something something I could afford on a cocktail waitress income so that I don’t have to sit in a stuffy office and attend conferences?