"...it's not the training to be mean but the training to be kind that is used to keep us leashed best." ~ Black Dog Red

"In case you haven't recognized the trend: it proceeds action, dissent, speech." ~ davidly, on how wars get done

"...What sort of meager, unerotic existence must a man live to find himself moved to such ecstatic heights by the mundane sniping of a congressional budget fight. The fate of human existence does not hang in the balance. The gods are not arrayed on either side. Poseiden, earth-shaker, has regrettably set his sights on the poor fishermen of northern Japan and not on Washington, D.C. where his ire might do some good--I can think of no better spot for a little wetland reclamation project, if you know what I mean. The fight is neither revolution nor apocalypse; it is hardly even a fight. A lot of apparatchiks are moving a lot of phony numbers with more zeros than a century of soccer scores around, weaving a brittle chrysalis around a gross worm that, some time hence, will emerge, untransformed, still a worm." ~ IOZ

Feb 26, 2012

Program Note

If you are kind enough to read me from time to time, I'm all sorts of appreciative. That I'm not the most original, best educated, or thorough thinker should go without note, but I have the vanity of a self-deprecating nature, and would like to note it anyway. Which is kind of a segue towards a complaint with Blogger. I like blogrolls. Diverse, unwieldy lists of people who have more interesting things to write than I, and who do it with less bravado and fewer instances of cultivated ignorance. Unfortunately, Blogger no longer allows me to update or add to the roll to the right of this page. So, I've been adding new blogs to the "Read" column to the left, where I've traditionally placed blogs that Blogger refuses to recognize as self-updating. There are any number of writers, observers and thinkers there worth your while. Please give them a look.

Thanks,

Jack

14 comments:

BDR said...

You've discovered the reason I have a left and a right.

Flattered to be included. And yes, blooger is getting skeevier.

Jack Crow said...

They also are rather slow to respond to inquires, Monsieur Rouge.

Anatole David said...

I, like BDR, am flattered to be included and enjoy your posts. Passionate thinkers often have trouble writing clearly, you seem to walk that tightrope nicely.

(Yes, I've said this before--but just wanted to "rage against" the humility.)

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

I've heard the blooger is sucking more. Certainly the word verification thinghy does (I don't use it, meself).

But we can still post what we want for nothing (cold hard cash-wise), so there's that.

And thanks for having me on your list, Jack.

P.S. For those who don't know, you only have to type in 1 (one) of the 2 (two) word verification items to have your comment posted. Pick the easier of the two, says my lazy ass.

Five by Five said...
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Five by Five said...

I'm new to using Blogger and haven't yet figured out all its little kinks. Thanks so much for putting a link to my musings on there; I feel a little like LaLoosh making it to The Show.

Ivan said...

Flattered as well—thank you, Jack!

Troville said...

Also flattered to be included. I feel a bit like the precocious yet undisciplined child of the blogging community who my wiser and more experienced elders look upon with amusement and sometimes appreciation. I'll take it.

the pied cow blog said...

I appreciate your inclusion as well. I never miss an issue of your blog.

Randal Graves said...

WOULD YOU ALL STOP BREAKING BLOGGER?

davidly said...

Ditto what everyone else said, especially Anatole David and Troville.

I'll always have a special place in my heart for you, Jack; you were the first person to blogroll me and I was already an avid reader.

Anonymous said...

circle jerk at Jackie's house isn't that cute

Anonymous said...

yo other anon, yr just saying that cuz yr not getting jerked lol

Jack Crow said...

Heh, second anon.

Also, if that's you, Karl, as the first Anon, it's tiresome already.

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Glad to be of some service, all.