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95 Year Old Blogger Has 60,000+ Readers


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Senior Cyber Celeb - 95 Year Old Blogger Has 60,000+ Readers (VIDEO)
95 Year Old Blogger Has 60,000+ Readers
Published: Nov 6, 07
Views: 2,302

Maria Amelia Lopez became a hit with web surfers at the age of 95, thanks to her grandson who gave her a blog for her birthday!

With 60,000 regular readers so far, Lopez’s homely mix of memory and chat, available at http://amis95.blogspot.com/, attracts regular readers from around the world and has put her back in touch with the younger generation in a way she had never imagined. She was surprised by the Internet, because young people who were 18 years of age, or 14 or 15, are telling her about their lives and what they think and ask for her advice.

“I was always talkative, but now I feel more wanted, embraced, because so may people write to me,” said Lopez.

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"Today it's my birthday and my grandson, who is very stingy, gave me a blog." So reads the first entry by one of the world's oldest Webloggers, Maria Amelia Lopez, who, at the age of 95, has surprised herself by a sudden conversion from Web-illiterate to cybercelebrity. "At first I thought a blog was just a type of paper notebook," said Lopez, a great grandmother. "When I saw my grandson using the Internet, it caught my attention. I said to myself 'What's this? You can find out about anything. I want an Internet!'" (amis95.blogspot)

References:  reuters, amis95.blogspot

Filed In:  internet life pop culture seniors








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