Back in the wet disappointment that was August 2008, Sophie and I were talking about work stuff over email.

We’d just discovered Ryan Carson’s (of Carsonified and FOWA and wearing-hats fame) fundraising page on Justgiving.

The following exchange happened:

From: Simon Doggett

Sent: 11 August 2008 15:30

To: Sophie De Albuquerque
Shall we make a fuss over Ryan carsons pfp? Could make for some good pr!

On 11 Aug 2008, at 15:54, “Sophie De Albuquerque” wrote:

Good idea.
Very happy to write a blog post this avo…

From: Simon Doggett
Sent: 11 August 2008 16:23
To: Sophie De Albuquerque
Subject: Re: RE:

Tell you what, I can write one today and then you do another one on
Thursday? When he does his headshave?
On 11/08/2008 16:42, “Sophie De Albuquerque”
wrote:

Plan. Do your blogging worst.

Or even (love this)… Blog it, Doggett.
From: Simon Doggett
Sent: 11 August 2008 16:25
To: Sophie De Albuquerque
Subject: Re: RE: RE:

Done. And my retort is:

Well you are over thirty, de Albuquerque.

And that’s where bloggett came from. In contrast, I doubt Sophie is considering blogging at overthirty.com but I guess we shouldn’t rule anything out should we?