Blogroll Amnesty Day
Way back when the internet was young, the A-list bloggers walked the earth by daylight… OK, maybe it was not as poetic as that, but Blogroll Amnesty Day did come about because of them: it seems that they declared amnesty for themselves and proceeded to prune everyone who was not also an A-List blogger off of their blogrolls.
Anyway, to celebrate this momentous occasion, the late Al Weisel (aka jon swift) and the very much living Skippy the Bush Kangaroo started a tradition of linking to other blogs (generally smaller than your own, though how one determines that is unknown to me) to give them a hand-up. Skippy the Bush Kangaroo has carried the torch alone since Al passed. Many thanks to Skippy for keeping the tradition going.
We at Mock, Paper, Scissors believe in promoting the small blogs whenever we can (and this week, we are actively doing that at Crooks and Liars). It is really hard to choose just 5 blogs, (like asking a parent which kid is best) and especially this week while selecting blogs for the round-up. This does not mean that other blogs are lesser or better; truth be told all the blogs in the blogroll are really wonderful; each of them is a winner.
So here are five blogs from the blogroll that I have chosen at random that I hope everyone visits sometime this weekend:
Hey, thanks for the linky! I think most of the scissorheads have been by the Empire at one time or another, but the current post includes some of my Klark Kent IRL life work.
And there MAY be a milestone in the works this weekend!!!
ummm… you left the “Fiction” part off the prof’s link there.
ZRM -
Thanks for the edit, I did indeed. Fixed now!
Rgds,
TG
thx so much for the link and the shout out, ten grain, but to correct a small error: i was co-founder, along with jon/al, of the very first blogroll amnesty day back in 2008, and have been running the show each year since.
either way, i will happily put your post on my page of participating blogs!
Skippy -
Thanks for the correction, I’ve updated the lede!
Rgds,
TG
[...] and Gentleman and leader of the Scissorheads, Tengrain, did a zombie a solid and put me up on his post for Blogroll Amnesty Day. regular readers will know, of course that [...]
Yes, TG, you have pushed the Zombie Guilt button, and here is my post with linkies:
http://empireofthesenseless.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/the-chain/
I won’t apologize for the Fleetwood Mac title.
I promise not to get all Sally Field on you…………thoroughly honored by the inclusion – SO many fantastic bloggers out there, and I still have much to learn.
Trying to get my nose back on the grindstone after a downer of a week, thankfully (??) the douche from the right never really stops.
LOTS of material to work with.
Tengrain, you’re truly one of the “good guys” of the blogosphere. Thanks for the second link to Crooks and Liars earlier this week… I saw over 500 hits for that post and immediately thought, “Tengrain was here.”
We should all be as conscientious as you.
Well blow me over with a feather!
Here I just kinda popped in for a visit and find my place listed for your B.A.D. post!
For once the luck of the draw went my way it seems.
Thank you SO much Tengrain, I think that is just awesome.
Busted.