A question to all my friends: do you think this is a good idea?

[fpb]

I am thinking of starting two other blogs or communities, one about comics, and the other about my own research. I have a feeling that my LJ ends up being rather like a fruit salad, and what is more, those are the two subjects in which I have an almost-professional interest. Please comment.

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[fpb.livejournal.com]

That seems to be the common verdict. But I do wish to separate my articles on those two subjects. Actually, I have been thinking about this impulse - I mean my desire to have separate blogs for these two subjects - and I think that my reason may be a bit counter-intuitive. If you go through my archives, you will find that there is really very little on these subjects - even on historical matters, they are widely outnumbered by posts on subjects which I have not actually researched. I find that I publish less than I could and even should on these subjects - last year I did not even mention my short but important study trip to Ceprano and Terracina - and that even restricts the amount of work I do, because I tend to place these things somehow outside "ordinary life" - and I blog about my life. In my flat, for instance, I have one room for living, sleeping and internet-surfing in, and one for study and drawing. It's a strange sort of attitude, but it is instinctive for me.
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[capnflynn.livejournal.com]

Hmm, fair point, even if it got truncated. :) And I can understand the impulse, certainly--keep your various subjects of interest in their own separate boxes, so the people who are also interested can follow them, and the people who aren't don't have to be bored by them.