Well, now that the election is over, I thought I should revise my links list. It is never an easy decision for me because there is so much out there that is good. I went into my personal blogroll, which is something of a storehouse for links I’ve seen and liked at some point, and pulled them all out to combine with the ones already present in my list. Merged, it is intimidating. And that’s something I try to avoid. As I’ve said to people who write asking me to swap links, I don’t do that simply because I try to keep my list short enough for visitors to take a chance on, but comprehensive enough for my own use as a daily reading list. Some who have written are on this list, and we’ll see what they’ve got.
To that end, I removed all Homespun Bloggers from my personal list. If I kept adding in the ones I like, there would be no point–they’re already on the blogroll underneath. And that list automatically updates as bloggers post so that the most current is always at the top. That doesn’t mean I think less of Arthur, Jeremy, Marvin, Paulie, or Alex, or the others. In fact, the group has some first-rate thinkers. It simply means I know where to find them. And they’re consistently near the top of the Homespun Bloggers roll. They should be on yours.
On some others I’ve placed an asterisk. Those won’t go away. They’ve become friends, and we communicate fairly regularly. I must keep up with the doings in Australia, Germany, and West Texas, as well as other places in Yankee land (and you know who you are). I’ve also returned people like Matthew Yglesias who might return to rational thought now that the election is over.
This list will remain for a while until I decide how to pare it down. My reading has suffered the last couple of weeks as I dealt with technical difficulties, and I have a lot of catching up to do.
Aha, I’d been meaning to ask what the asterisks were for.
Comment by Bogey — November 4, 2004 @ 1:36 pm