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A column item in the Science Times section begins, "Please indulge me as I point out one more fun — and mildly educational — science blog."

This is just bad writing that should have been edited out. If the writer has to beg readers for indulgence, some readers are not going to be inclined to grant it. The item could have begun instead simply, "One more fun — and mildly educational — science blog is..." Or "two cat-loving geologists have created a fun and mildly educational science blog." That way the beginning of the article is about the blog, rather than about the Times reporter and her anxiety about her strained relationship with her readers.

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Please Indulge Me
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A column item in the Science Times section begins, "Please indulge me as I point out one more fun — and mildly educational — science blog."

This is just bad writing that should have been edited out. If the writer has to beg readers for indulgence, some readers are not going to be inclined to grant it. The item could have begin instead simply, "One more fun — and mildly educational — science blog is..." Or "two cat-loving geologists have created a fun and mildly educational science blog." That way the beginning of the article is about the blog, rather than about the Times reporter and her anxiety about her strained relationship with her readers.

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