Blogging 101

Busy day ahead, so posting will be light.

This is a great, non-partisan article for any blogger to ponder - "Blog Alert" by Dan Zak, originally published in the Washington Post.

Lots of great tips.


I would only add this - Could we please put a moratorium on gratuitous vulgarity, and words like 'lockstep', 'intellectually dishonest', 'wingnut', 'Neocon', etc. which are quickly becoming blogging clichés?

I'm sure you can think of others.



Yes, 'lemmings' too. Even I'm getting tired of that.

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BTW - New post coming soon related to the Ontario education debate. Various permissions had to be obtained first.


And can anyone please explain the seeming inconsistency here? (H/T National Newswatch). Greg Weston has a theory - Voters zoning out.

Maybe I can replace 'lemmings' with Zombies.

Gunning for Grackles

Does anyone else out there have problems with Grackles?

They are horrible, noisy birds that seem to become a bigger nuisance each year in Southern Ontario. Last summer I witnessed a gang of them attack a baby bird and mutilate the poor thing.

There are lots of websites with tips. Just wondering if anyone has had personal success getting rid of them?

They are distracting me big time. Thanks.

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Update: The grackles are now staging a tree reclamation right outside my window.

Should I:

(a) - Try to chase them away?
(b) - Call in the OPP to keep the peace? or
(c) - Feed them baby birds and worms while we negotiate?

Brief Time-Out

Just a little note here to say that I have to take some time to concentrate on urgent family affairs.

No disasters - Just real life interfering again.

Please feel free to use this thread for any issues that you would like to discuss. Thanks.