New Arrivals in my Google Reader
Dispatches: Links of the (last 2) Week(s)
Baking cookies every day ⇨ a daily cookie giveaway: a donation to a food pantry means food for them, and – maybe – cookies for you!
When a blogger is asked to change an honest book review, whose integrity is in question? (Names are named here – if this is an issue that concerns you, do check this post out) Somewhat related: On December 1 – the day the new FTC guidelines became effective – she disclosed why she discloses
Discussing the results of a poll about comments (which makes me wonder: what makes people willing to participate in a poll but not leave comments?); more discussion about comment etiquette
This introvert appreciates these ways to make introversion work for you (at work)
Thoughts about how we’re so ready to reduce each other to labels; a story about a family ready to reduce its retirement savings…to buy Christmas gifts; Christmas shopping on Black Friday, for the very first time
Ways to stay fit during the holidays – and possibly avoid making that particular New Year’s Resolution! Also holiday-related: when kids start asking those questions
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And then there’s their list of “100 Best Songs of the Decade”, which includes all too many that I’ve never actually heard (and I’m OK with that), thereby reinforcing both my advanced age and the fragmentation of music media. There are more songs that I DO know, although they’re from a couple of decades earlier, in WFDU’s “Top 50 New Wave Songs of All Time” countdown.
Blogthings Quiz of the Week
| Your Brain is Adaptable |
 Your brain is always looking for the connections in life.You always amaze your friends by figuring out things first. You’re also good at bringing people together – and often play match maker. You see the world in fluid, flexible terms. Nothing is black or white. |
Call Center | Phoenix, AZ, USA
Is anyone else wondering if the caller was a Simpson?
Since you seem to add blogs to your reader every week, I'm wondering if you ever delete any. You blog must be about to explode.
I thoroughly appreciate your weekly round-ups! I know they must take a LOT of effort to make, so just wanted to let you know that the effort is noted.
Kathy (Bermudaonion) – I've got well over 600 feeds in there, at last count. I need to do some weeding of the ones that have gone dormant, but I always hesitate to do that, because then I might miss them if they come back! But some don't update all that often, and I use folders and skim a lot, so it's more manageable than it sounds. I actually have deleted a few in the last couple of weeks, but I never mention those – trying to avoid hurting anyone's feelings!
Aarti – Thank you so much – it's great to be appreciated! But it's less work than it looks like, really; I accumulate the links in a Google Doc as I come across them. Keeping up with the blog-reading is the hard part sometimes!
Great links as always. The blogging-with-integrity debate rages on. Or something. 🙂
Marie – Or something :-). I doubt we've heard the end of it.
I always like your round-ups, too. They help me keep up.
Jeanne – I'm glad they're useful :-). I do enjoy doing them!
Thanks so much for adding my blog to your reader! Now I just hope not to disappoint. It's dangerous for me to visit your blog too often since I always end up adding more titles to my TBR wish list – your thoughtful reviews are always appreciated!
Novelwhore – No pressure :-). But it's part of the book-blogger code to do dangerous things to one another's wish lists!
Thanks for adding me to your reader (sorry I didn't see this post sooner to thank you). I'll be adding you to mine right now.
Michelle (MyBooksMyLife) – Glad you stopped by anyway, and I appreciate the reciprocal subscribing :-D.