5 Other Places

While I love Nine Moons (and even visit By Common Consent and Times & Seasons, from time to time), I must admit that my life online doesn't revolve around the Bloggernacle™. In fact, of the eight or so hours a day I spend online (work, mostly), I'd say only a few precious moments each morning are spent among the saints. What, pray tell, could possibly tempt me away from the iron-alloy rod? Well … lemme tell you. I won't bore you with a list of all 600+ feeds in my newsreader. Instead, I'll just hand pick a few gems:

1001 Rules for My Unborn Son — part of a larger library of "daddy" and "dude" sites I follow (Cool Tools, The Art of Manliness), 1001 Rules is a delightful compendium of wisdom, wit (ahem), and music. Start at the beginning.

TED Talks — I love having my world view challenged (occasionally). These folks who bill themselves as "ideas worth spreading", offer "riveting talks by remarkable people". And they do it with charm and panache. My favorite? A must-watch 15 minute talk on the Liberal and Conservative mindsets.

Cute Overload — sometimes kittens (or puppies, or something else, entirely) are just what the doctor ordered for a bad day. Be sure to check out the Rules of Cuteness.

Front Porch Republic (found via the inimitable Russell Fox) — I am, most of all, a political creature. As a child, I dreamt of being king of a small, sovereign state carved out of Montana (apparently I wasn't alone). But practical considerations suggested I work within the system. The folks at FPP write much that resonates with the best of me. I think they may resonate with you, too.

Player-vs-Player (a close second would have been Looking for Group) — online comics are my guilty pleasure. And PvP is the best-written, best-drawn, geekiest, and funniest of them all. No need to start at the beginning, you can catch-up with the character bios. Or just buy a t-shirt.

NB: This post is cross-posted from 5 Other Places, at Nine Moons. Please join us over there to comment!

I'm Lunatic!

I've been invited to become a permanent contributor over at Nine Moons! I've guest-blogged there a couple of times in the last year or so, and I've always enjoyed my time spent there. Now, I get to post there whenever I want! Though, truth be told, Rusty is hoping I'll post every two weeks or thereabouts. I think I can manage.

It's a real honor, as Nine Moons is a top-tier LDS group blog — and it'll be a real pleasure, as Nine Moon's readers are exceptional.

But don't worry… posting there won't really keep me away from here — so visit often! — and I'll be posting my Nine Moons missives here, albeit with the comments turned off.

So there you go… a red-letter day!

* howls *

Heartwrenching

A gift — painful and heartfelt — from Smurf Yourself.

Please read…

This Is a Place

So, Tom... remember him? My artist friend who "still doesn't have a web site"? Well, he finally started a blog, This Is a Place... and I'm really happy for him. I'm excited to see what comes of his foray into the blogosphere.

I hope you'll welcome him warmly.

Well, Hello There!

Just a short note to welcome the readers visiting from Keep Changing!

I don't yet have a blogroll of my own ( with some 400 sites in my feed reader, how do I choose?! ), so I'm always in awe of people that do... especially when they're kind enough to include me.

Thank you!

The Mormon Archipelago

I've recently been recognized as a member of the Mormon Archipelago — a motley assemblage of mormon-authored blogs. I'm excited for this opportunity to share my thoughts with a larger audience, and one filled with members of my family of faith.

I'd like to welcome everyone visiting from the MA for the first time... the place is pretty new, and there are changes afoot that should make visiting a little more pleasant. I hope that you'll subscribe to my site feed, and that you'll hazard leaving a comment or two.

Again, thanks... and welcome!

Hollers Back to Rusty

Rusty, of Nine Moons fame, just linked to my humble abode, so I wanted to take a second to welcome everyone visiting from there. There's not much to see (yet), but I've got plenty of threads in the hopper, so I encourage you to subsribe to the site feed to be notified of new content.

Again, thanks to Rusty for his kindness.

I've been noticed!

A hearty welcome to the people visiting from a link over at State of the Beehive! It's in my daily read, and I've even commented once or twice... but who would have thought that someone would have taken notice of me. It warms my cockles!

: )

I've been working online for more than 10 years, but I've never had the time to devote to putting together a proper, personal web site... but I finally bit the bullet. There's not much to see just yet, but as the saying goes... there's more to come. Please consider subscribing to my feed, and you'll be the first person on your block (and probably in your state) to see any updates.

Again, thank you for swinging by.

(Maybe it's time I finish those five or so posts waiting to be published...)