blawg -- new to me

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 03:08:22 -0500, I wrote:

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>Law Practice Management, July/August 2002, Vol. 28; No. 5; Pg. 8
>Denise Howell, a lawyer with Crosby Heafey Roach & May, has a weblog
>called "Bag and Baggage" (http://bgbg.blogspot.com). As of this writing,
>she maintains the most exhaustive list of law blogs, which she calls
>"blawgs." It includes the blogs of more than 35 judges, lawyers, law
>students and law professors.
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>A quick search on Howell's page finds that she had started using the term
>"blawg" frequently by April 2002:
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>http://bgbg.blogspot.com/2002_03_31_bgbg_archive.html
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>April 04, 2002
>Blawg Additions: Some cool blawgs join the roster today...
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>April 06, 2002
>So staggering that my attempt to keep a comprehensive "blawg"-alogue
>probably is doomed from the get-go.
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Whoops-- she started using "blawg" at least a month earlier:

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http://bgbg.blogspot.com/2002/03/what-is-it-and-blogging-law.html
March 05, 2002
As demonstrable evidence, I submit some new "Blawg" additions to the Menage.
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http://howlingpoint.net/life/index.php?m=20020305
March 05, 2002
Denise Howell made a very friendly post, sent a very flattering e-mail and
linked us from her law-oriented blog, Bag and Baggage. We’re not just
mentioned, but listed in her Blawg list.
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--Ben Zimmer