Updated and reshuffled the links today. I almost trashed my somewhat awkward "category-based" system (Allies, Adversaries, etc.), but decided to stick with it for now. The list remains somewhat random, but the one's I read the most are bumped towards the top. By that measure, John Cole's Balloon Juice is far and away the place I spend the most time and he should be listed first, but I left him down in the "Adversary" section only because he still resides comfortably to my right. He's coming around...
My time at Cole's introduced me to Otto Man and led me another blog I really enjoy, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Nachos. A group blog run by O.M. and a few other thirty-something (I presume) clowns with Simpsons-centric handles, LLPN is a good mix of politics, music and culture. Those guys drop in here occasionally. My "Nachos"-time has garnered me my other two most regular commenters, orf who in turn netted me Elizabeth, who blogs from Afganistan. Kinda cool. It's not in the links, but I want to credit orf for writing a second blog on her travails with acne and Accutane. A very personal, poignant and actually hilarious journal...
Other additions are standard-issue lefty political fare under "Allies". Dropping down is Atrios, which has pretty much become open threads I never venture into, quotes and short quips. Dropping off is Pandagon—just not the same without Ezra and Jesse. I enjoy Amanda's music snobbery, but that's about it. The Comics Curmudgeon is freaking hilarious, enter the comments at your own risk if you are at work—I often can barely contain my laughter.
Anyway, it's been a good month around here. There's been plenty to write about, and with some actual comments showing up and adding the counter (1,000 hits over the last month), I now have the validation of knowing somebody actually reads this stuff.
HTML Question: Does anyone know how to adjust the links in the template so they aren't double-spaced? And how can I add a picture to my profile? Blogger has given me a bunch of shit on that front—it's a breeze to add art to the posts, but for some reason adding my cool little Mr Furious I colored is too complicated...
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Hey dude, thanks for the links and also for what I think might be my first official "online review."
As to Atrios, sites like that have just gotten too overrun. "Everyone back in your cages!" as my 8th grade science teacher used to yell at us.
I am afraid I'm as much of a blogtard as you are about adding stuff to my site/fiddling with my template, but you might go bug Scott (Truth By Scott-the link's on my site) about it. He seems to know a thing or two about a thing or two.
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