Shack Notes

In my post about defining a successful blog Batya mentioned that acknowledgement by other bloggers is among the criteria that can be used to determine success. I agree with that and would like to note that one of my posts was submitted to The Watcher’s Council.

About Watcher of Weasels
Each week, the members of the Watcher’s Council nominate one of their own posts and a second from outside the Council for consideration by other council members in a contest for the week’s best post.

I meant to mention that my post Israel on College Campuses was submitted to the Watcher’s Council. I missed winning first place by the small margin of 2.75 points, but losing to Michael Totten isn’t such a bad thing now is it.

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Friends I welcome you to the Third Annual Link To Jack Day. This is a special day in the blogosphere. In honor my children the reason I am asking you to play along is “because.”

Because is one of my favorite words. It says so much and yet so very little. That gives it great utility.

So link away and please let me know in the comments that you did. In return I’ll put up a separate post thanking you for playing along.

Link to Jack Day #1
Link to Jack Day #2

If you haven’t been around here is a brief list of some recent posts here at The Shack.

Irritated
Save the Last Dance for Me
War in Gaza Update #14.5
Gabe Kaplan, Telly Savalas and Howard Cosell
A Summary of The War In Gaza
The Slumber Party
Haveil Havalim #200- The Harvey Edition
War in Gaza Update #14

Some basic housekeeping notes to share with you. In the process of constructing these updates as well as hosting blog carnivals I have become a bit disenchanted with the current template. My primary issue is that I am not pleased with the appearance of those carnival posts and updates.

They look ugly and unwieldy to me. I’d like to have a more eloquent look to them. That is not to say that they are not functional, because they are. However sometimes and function needs to become acquainted with style.

In the next few weeks I am going to spend more time exploring potential solutions to this. It may very well be that the functionality I am looking for exists and I am unaware of it. At least I hope that this is the case. It would be great if I could find a simple solution to this.

If you have any comments or suggestions I am open to hearing them.

Thanks,

-Jack

In case you haven’t been around here is a quick roundup of recent posts:

I Hate The Holiday Season Continued
Dear Santa Take a Memo
I am In Love
Jericho
What Benefits Do You Receive From Being President
How to Make Hard Boiled Eggs
The Mangroomer

What a wacky world we live in.