Just had my first weblogger emotional reaction to what I thought was unattributed paraphrasing of something I wrote. So I pose you this question: how do you feel when you hear/read someone say/write something that you’re pretty sure you said/wrote first, but it gets attributed to the direct source, not the original source? This goes on all the time in the news media and just plain ol’ conversation. I had a bad reaction to seeing something I had posted repeated and not attributed to me, since I was sure that I was the original source. I believe that I should get over this because it is a natural course of events that information gets passed along, and it is the information that is important, not who found it first. However, if it is an original thought, idea, or theory that I know was mine first, then I think I have the right to be upset. Perhaps someday I’ll have that flattering opportunity.