Though the former talk show host has stepped out of the public light, she has started a blog (NYT has the skinny, link via Kottke).

While I’m not that interested in the ramblings of a celebrity (please, for the love of all things good use some punctuation!), I find it absolutely hilarious that a wealthy celebrity is using a free, off-the-shelf blogging service like Blogger, complete with one of their lame templates (#565) that a thousand other people use.

But wait, it gets better. She also has her own home page, complete with links, home videos and artwork. You won’t find a PR specialist within miles of this site. Hats off to Rosie for the guts to put herself out there and be normal (in her own special way).

(and I can’t shake the incongruity between this post and the previous one, but what are you going to do? Life moves on, though I hope there is a spark of change in my heart.)

Andy Havens, who contributes to Church Marketing Sucks, runs his own legal marketing blog. And it talks. He recently added a little talking widget. Check out the ‘animated Andy’ on the left.

It’s an animated talking blog head, thanks to the folks at Oddcast. You can either upload .wav files or call a number and leave a voice mail. It starts at $15/month. It’s cool… and creepy.

The other day I admitted I was a blogaholic and mentioned a new blog I’ve been talking about launching. Since then I’ve been learning all about multiple domain hosting, exploring new hosting providers, and preparing to switch to a new host. Why? Well, it would make things easier in the long run.

I started down that path today, and it’s an ugly path. It involves transferring my domain, possibly some down time with my site and my e-mail (gulp), and a lot of reinstallation work. As I was realizing this, my FTP transfer with my new host kept stalling. Add that to the fact that I submitted a support ticket this morning and am still awaiting an answer. Then I realized the other option would be to just open a new account. It simplifies some things and complicates others. But it might just be worth while.

So here’s the short story: I have two support tickets in to two different places asking about two different options. I think whoever answers first will be who I go with. Call me spoiled, but my current host answers support tickets with in an hour. That may just be worth its weight in gold.

I love blogs. This is why. Tim is transitioning from a private practice in the southern U.S. to being a medical missionary in Kenya and is blogging about his experience. Forget only hearing from missionaries during furloughs or on Missionary Sunday.

I especially like his interview with his daughter about a day she spent helping him. (thanks to John I. Carney for turning me on to a site others probably discovered ages ago)