This article came to life when a long-time DCF reader asked me recently what I thought about the so-called “Tupperware bloggers” so prevalent now on the blogging scene. Spanky, who is one of this website’s most prolific and professional contributors, has written an incisive piece, musing on this recent controversy and giving intelligent perspective on the matter. This is one of those long stories that reads like an indulgent, devilish delight, and yes, every word is true. – Lori
Part 1: Starbucks Dawdlers, Tupperware Bloggers, and a Defense of Blogging?s Old Guard
I see them all the time in Starbucks, especially in the branches beside institutions of higher learning.

A table for three, occupied by a single student, selfishly cocooned in a space meant for sharing. The kids sit solo, buds or Beats shutting off the sounds of the world around them; their lips moving silently, memorizing an assignment or talking to themselves" I can?t tell. But I can tell that they studiously avoid the stares of other customers looking for somewhere to sit. They affect a thousand yard stare or a resting bitch face, tiny facial tics hardening into scowls when they see a potential challenge to their thrones: another Starbucks guest who might have the audacity to approach them and dare ask if they can borrow one of their unoccupied chairs. There are two extra, sure ? their stony, heavy-lidded gazes seem to say — but sorry, I need one for my backpack, another fo...