Making Light :: Welcome, Jon Carroll readers :: comments http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:43:48 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.261 Welcome, Jon Carroll readers We've long thought Jon was the best unsyndicated columnist in America, so finding the link back to us in this... We've long thought Jon was the best unsyndicated columnist in America, so finding the link back to us in this... http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html Welcome, Jon Carroll readers -- comment #1 from Madeleine Robins comment from Madeleine Robins on 8.Sep.05 Being the backward sort, I always read Jon Carroll's column in the Datebook section of the Chronicle first, then work my way backward into the news sections of the paper, arriving in the front section sometime around my second cup of coffee. Imagine my delight, as I blearily made school lunches this morning, to find Making Light there. Very cool.

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2005 9:20 AM by Madeleine Robins</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94358 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94358 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:20:09 -0500 Welcome, Jon Carroll readers -- comment #2 from Rivka comment from Rivka on 8.Sep.05 Hey, congratulations! It couldn't have happened to a better blog.

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2005 9:28 AM by Rivka</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94361 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94361 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:28:04 -0500 Welcome, Jon Carroll readers -- comment #3 from Serge comment from Serge on 8.Sep.05 I was pleasantly surprised when I read Carroll's column this morning. But not THAT surprised. When the subject of his column is book recommendations, it's not unusual for an SF writer to actually make it. No snooty reader he.

Congrats!

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2005 11:04 AM by Serge</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94373 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94373 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:04:13 -0500 Welcome, Jon Carroll readers -- comment #4 from Terry Karney comment from Terry Karney on 8.Sep.05 That was how I felt when you guys linked to me.

Congrats.

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2005 11:27 AM by Terry Karney</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94381 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94381 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:27:45 -0500 Welcome, Jon Carroll readers -- comment #5 from Allen Baum comment from Allen Baum on 8.Sep.05 Huh - I thought I'd be the first to congratulate you, then realized I had the time zone thang backwards.

I have to say I read John Carroll last, as in
"saving the best for "

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2005 11:28 AM by Allen Baum</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94382 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94382 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:28:58 -0500 Welcome, Jon Carroll readers -- comment #6 from Mark comment from Mark on 8.Sep.05 Nice -- "instantly indispensable." If Making Light were a book you'd have a cover blurb right there. Congratulations (and to Whiskey Bar, Interdictor, and the others as well) from a long-time Jon Carroll reader.

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2005 12:23 PM by Mark</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94402 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94402 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:23:13 -0500 Welcome, Jon Carroll readers -- comment #7 from Clifton Royston comment from Clifton Royston on 8.Sep.05 Cool. Not being in SF, I save up a week or two's worth of columns and then binge on Jon Carroll on their website.

Thank you, Mr. Carroll. Your humanity, humor, and philosophy have made the last eight years since I found your column just a bit more tolerable.

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2005 12:42 PM by Clifton Royston</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94414 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94414 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:42:12 -0500 Welcome, Jon Carroll readers -- comment #8 from Matt Austern comment from Matt Austern on 8.Sep.05 I wonder what fraction of Making Light regulars have Unitarian Jihad names? Pretty high, I'd think.

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2005 12:42 PM by Matt Austern</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94415 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94415 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:42:14 -0500 Welcome, Jon Carroll readers -- comment #9 from d comment from d on 8.Sep.05 I *heart* Jon Carroll. Having him link to here was like finding out 2 good friends that I thought had never met actually know and like each other. Lovely.

Another very good sfgate link is today's Katrina-related fiore cartoon: http://sfgate.com/comics/fiore
Warning: might make you cry. It did me.

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2005 1:15 PM by d</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94426 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94426 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:15:58 -0500 Welcome, Jon Carroll readers -- comment #10 from Lori comment from Lori on 8.Sep.05 Thanks to Jon - again - this is a terrific thing that he does... I also read him every morning. Now I look forward to exploring "the light" ....

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2005 1:54 PM by Lori</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94443 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94443 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:54:58 -0500 Welcome, Jon Carroll readers -- comment #11 from Michael Alan Dorman comment from Michael Alan Dorman on 8.Sep.05 I've been reading Jon Carroll on the web for about a decade based on an offhand recommendation one or the other of you made back in the SFRT days.

It is amusing to see him return the favor, however belatedly.

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2005 2:59 PM by Michael Alan Dorman</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94475 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94475 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:59:26 -0500 Welcome, Jon Carroll readers -- comment #12 from Patrick Weekes comment from Patrick Weekes on 8.Sep.05 I'm just glad he's online. Since I moved away from the SF area, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get my daily fix.

]]> <p>Posted September 8, 2005 6:43 PM by Patrick Weekes</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94579 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006756.html#94579 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:43:48 -0500