TFN Class of 1991

It seems there has been a little bit of confusion about what, exactly, a 'blog is and how to post to it.

"Blog" is short for "weblog." Basically, what that means is that it is a kind of on-line journal, an alternative to a message board. As members post, their messages appear on the screen, newest at the top. Older messages are eventually (usually after about a week or so) archived so that they remain available while not taking up screen space.

Anyone from our class who requests one will receive an invitation to join the blog. The invitation will include a link on which you will need to click. If you do not already have a blogger account, click on the link and when it opens, you will need to click on "create account." On the next screen, you just enter your name, a desired user name, and a password.

After you do that, you will be signed in and will be taken to the blogger home page. On the right-hand side of the screen, you will see a box entitled "your blogs." TFN1991 will be listed there.

When you click on TFN1991, this will take you to the screen which allows you to post something to the blog, not to the blog itself.

You will need to log in with your username and password at www.blogger.com when you want to post something. If you only want to read the blog to see what’s going on, you should go to http://tfn1991.blogspot.com/. (After you post something, there is a tab you can click that says "view blog," which will open the blog in a new browser window and will allow you to see how your posts appear.)

To post something in the "comments" field after a post, just click on "comments." You may want to sign your comments, since it does not automatically show who posted the comment.

I have added a link to blogger in the margin, also, right under the picture of North.

I hope this is making sense! If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know and I will do my best to help you out. Blogging can seem a little bit confusing, until you get the hang of it, so don’t fret too much! ;-)

Amy suggested we create an e-mail list of blog members so if alum want to contact each other independently of this blog, they may. So, if you want a link to your e-mail included, please let me know and I will add it ASAP.

Also, if you have a personal webpage you wouldn't mind sharing with everyone, I will gladly add a link to that as well; just send me the info!

Thanks!

So, it seems the best way to let people know about this blog is through Classmates.com and then word of mouth. To that end, I set up a free 7-day trial version of the Classmates gold account so I can let all the registered members of our class know. Sadly (or maybe wisely), Classmates limits the number of members you can e-mail each day, so I only got through about 20% of the people there. No problem, though; I'll just do some every day until it's done.

In the meantime, if any of you who click on over here have the e-mail addresses of other members of the Class of 1991, please send them a quick e-mail letting them know about it.

Thanks!

My cousin, who currently attends TFN, has informed me that Mr. Schmoekel died recently. He didn't know details, just that the funeral was to have been today. He wrote: "Apparently no one in the family told the school until late Saturday/Sunday night. My Spanish teacher was pretty miffed about that... The funeral was already today, though. At least half the teachers were substitutes. I think all the administration was gone, too, because he was a dean, too."

Nothing on the school website...

So, I'm not sure how much of a success this will be, but it's something Amy Fuller and I have spoken about in the past -- creating a free web presence for members of our class to keep in touch with one another. So, here ya go. I don't even know how participatory I will be, but I wanted to set it up and then leave it as an organic place for others to get together if they so choose, without the need to give money to Corporate America.

If you want to get involved and post on here, just send me a quick e-mail and I will send you an official Blogger invite to the site so you can get started. (You can, of course, always post comments without being an "offical" part of the blog.)