alysonwonderlan, brennabe, darktouch, f_butterfly, innostrantsa, jennybeast, kuomori,la_monday, ladyarren, littleowl, tisiphone, 
nepenthe03, rhiannon76, sioneva)I have been able to stay in closer contact with friends from England. (
evieb, kashmera, lazyknight)I've been able to stay in better touch with friends who are, were recently based in the place I'm currently living, or at very least visited here, where I first met them. (
aliciam, cwjat, epecho,pittenweem, siusaidh, snowdrifted, theengineer, ultrascichick)I've been able to see new and intriguing sides to existing online friends. (
cliosfolly, crustycurmudgeo, ivpiter, onlyocelot, rippah, skeller, spunbutterfly)And I've made new friends and acquaintances through LiveJournal (or similar services), some of whom I've had the pleasure of meeeting when our geography overlapped. (
aliciam, curtana, forthright, haggisthesecond, hilly02, makyo, medievalist, phonephobic, saffronjan, tammabanana)It was also my introduction to the world of weblogs generally, through which I have encountered fellow medievalists... (summarized by the list of medievalists with weblogs)
...and pundits, commentators, and writers on all sorts of things. (A list so long and unorganized I shall not compile it at this point.)
