Tediously coded into HTML using notepad as my text editor, then one day, without any explanation, it was gone. Taken down by the folks at Tripod/Lycos with very little fanfare. It had been picked up by search engines. Noted by other writers, bloggers. It got many hits (not mega hits mind you) but it was much more then I am getting now.
It had a good run though.The site was in development starting after August 18, 2001 and was completed right before the tragic day, September 11, 2001. It stayed up and was viewed often up until I believe April of this year, 2008.
Here is an excerpt:
http://tiger_bythe_toe.tripod.com/seagull3.html
Today too many of us live life like the flock.
There is no sharing in the flock, and constant pushing and shoving. From the little research I have already done on Chekhov, he was greatly concerned about the rights of man, as mentioned in The Seagull.
My personal belief is that there is no shortage of wealth in this nation, as well as in the world. Political theorists would have us believe that the economy of our country has taken a major downturn simply because perhaps a handful of the wealthiest have lost a few poorly placed bets on the great economic roulette wheel of "high tech stocks".
Our nation's leader would now have you believe the same "voodoo economy" nonsense that his party predecessors have promoted.
Many armchair critics have already sited the president's agenda as nothing short of class war.
I suppose I could go on with this thread but do not want alienate too many of my potential readers...
Stephen C. Sanders
editorial comment from the author of this piece (me) regarding what meaning can be gleaned from Chekhov's work today.
Written, edited, and coded into html by Stephen C. Sanders, September, 5, 2001
Editors note: After a brief but ultimately effective interchange of several e-mails, it seemed the folks at lycos/tripod found it prudent to actually reinstate my site's name, but along with it's apologies for the lost content. However, I did have some forthought to back up these pages. Also while I was so concerned about technicla rules and regulations, Tripod?lycos had actually not only allowed but actually encouraged my mirror site: http://catchatiger.tripod.com
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