1055th Friday Blog Roundup

Yesterday was Super Thursday, which is when many many many books are published in the UK ahead of the holiday season. In case you never noticed, the US releases new books on Tuesdays, and the UK releases new books on Thursdays. I’m sure we have something similar to Super Thursday in the US, though Googling “Super Tuesday” takes you to political articles, but I buy a lot of books from the UK, so I’m particularly excited to read all the book newsletters going out this weekend.

It kind of feels like a big online party for books.

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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.

Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.

As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

And now the blogs…

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But first, second, helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. To read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

• None… sniff.

Okay, now my choices this week.

Infertile Phoenix marks 9 years of blogging. She writes: “Nine years and five days ago I took the plunge and published my first blog post. I had been thinking about blogging for awhile and decided to do it. I was extremely lonely and looking for connection. I hope what I have shared here has helped someone, but I think that what I have received here is exponentially more than what I’ve given.” It’s the same thing that drives a lot of us to set up our site, and I love our little corner of the internet. Congratulations, Infertile Phoenix.

Lastly, No Kidding in NZ has a post about childless perks. She talks about something I hadn’t thought about before: “The thing is, many of the perks that I used to think about are largely irrelevant now that I am older. On a daily basis, my life is not much different to those friends of mine who have children.” While it’s true that lives that diverged begin to look similar again, she still notes a difference and provides food for thought.

The roundup to the Roundup: Perusing the books this weekend. Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between October 3 – 10) and not the blog’s main URL. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week. Read the original open thread post here.