Comments on: There’s usually a reason http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/14/theres-usually-a-reason/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:06:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/14/theres-usually-a-reason/#comment-14773 ymarsakar Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:39:57 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1824#comment-14773 I care about the firepower rating of a blog, Book. It's nice to be parade shiny but a weapon is a weapon. And a book is a book. I care about the firepower rating of a blog, Book. It’s nice to be parade shiny but a weapon is a weapon. And a book is a book.

]]> By: Bookworm http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/14/theres-usually-a-reason/#comment-14774 Bookworm Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:52:08 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1824#comment-14774 Wow, Sweetbriar. Remind me not to let you see me without my make-up. As it is, since I use the free WordPress offerings, I have very limited choices in terms of style. My main concern is legibility. If this is legible, I'm happy. Wow, Sweetbriar. Remind me not to let you see me without my make-up. As it is, since I use the free WordPress offerings, I have very limited choices in terms of style. My main concern is legibility. If this is legible, I’m happy.

]]> By: Sweetbriar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/14/theres-usually-a-reason/#comment-14775 Sweetbriar Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:59:48 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1824#comment-14775 Templates are part of a blog's personality. It's like the layout of a newspaper. If the National Enquirer changed theirs to something similar to the NY Times, it would addle their readers. You don't look like yourself anymore - more like a thousand other blogs that I don't read. Bland. See The Anchoress for an example of an update that still looks like trademark Anchoress. Trademark style and layout do matter. Templates are part of a blog’s personality. It’s like the layout of a newspaper. If the National Enquirer changed theirs to something similar to the NY Times, it would addle their readers. You don’t look like yourself anymore - more like a thousand other blogs that I don’t read. Bland. See The Anchoress for an example of an update that still looks like trademark Anchoress. Trademark style and layout do matter.

]]> By: swampacreage http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/14/theres-usually-a-reason/#comment-14776 swampacreage Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:59:01 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1824#comment-14776 Searching for compliments. We all do it .Some more than others of course ! Searching for compliments. We all do it .Some more than others of course !

]]> By: Bookworm http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/14/theres-usually-a-reason/#comment-14777 Bookworm Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:14:37 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1824#comment-14777 Wow! That's food for thought. I've now heard from three people about access problems here. Time for a new template -- or maybe going back to the old one. Wow! That’s food for thought. I’ve now heard from three people about access problems here. Time for a new template — or maybe going back to the old one.

]]> By: Regina Merwin http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/14/theres-usually-a-reason/#comment-14778 Regina Merwin Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:53:30 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1824#comment-14778 Hello Bookworm, I'll feel a little silly if this is just a browser (IE) problem, but ever since you changed the look of the site, for me your daily postings do not appear until AFTER the links. For about a week I assumed your postings were just not there, and only after scrolling wa-a-a-ay down the page did I discover them--in a very narrow column, no wider than the links, and all the way over to the left. If it's a problem on your end, that may explain a flat-lining readership if folks just give up after a while. But I won't! Hello Bookworm,

I’ll feel a little silly if this is just a browser (IE) problem, but ever since you changed the look of the site, for me your daily postings do not appear until AFTER the links. For about a week I assumed your postings were just not there, and only after scrolling wa-a-a-ay down the page did I discover them–in a very narrow column, no wider than the links, and all the way over to the left. If it’s a problem on your end, that may explain a flat-lining readership if folks just give up after a while. But I won’t!

]]> By: Jauhara al kafirah http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/14/theres-usually-a-reason/#comment-14779 Jauhara al kafirah Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:27:06 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1824#comment-14779 You are only successful, I guess, in the way Charles Johnson is, if you get a lot of hate mail. I have only gotten a little bit of it myself, not enough to make me feel validated. You are only successful, I guess, in the way Charles Johnson is, if you get a lot of hate mail. I have only gotten a little bit of it myself, not enough to make me feel validated.

]]> By: zhombre http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/14/theres-usually-a-reason/#comment-14780 zhombre Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:49:12 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1824#comment-14780 Cap'n Hufnpuf writes: "Still, if only you would work a bit harder, the wreath of most despicable right-wing pundit could be placed upon your head." LOL! You go, girl! Earn that wreath! Cap’n Hufnpuf writes: “Still, if only you would work a bit harder, the wreath of most despicable right-wing pundit could be placed upon your head.”

LOL!

You go, girl! Earn that wreath!

]]> By: Danny Lemieux http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/14/theres-usually-a-reason/#comment-14782 Danny Lemieux Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:02:45 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1824#comment-14782 Actually, Book, I suspect a lot of it is summer doldrums. Part of it is your niche. Some blogs (e.g.,DRUDGE) you go to for a quickie read on events with no depth, others (Hewitt, Bookworm) for controversial and thought-provoking ideas that perhaps merit contemplation rather than response. Heck, you even attract the Gregs of the world like moths to a flame...those who see everyone with a different world view as a hater...he obviously doesn't come here because he agrees with you or because he likes getting smacked down by the rest of us...no, it is a certain "je ne sais quoi" that defines your niche. Keep it up! Actually, Book, I suspect a lot of it is summer doldrums. Part of it is your niche. Some blogs (e.g.,DRUDGE) you go to for a quickie read on events with no depth, others (Hewitt, Bookworm) for controversial and thought-provoking ideas that perhaps merit contemplation rather than response. Heck, you even attract the Gregs of the world like moths to a flame…those who see everyone with a different world view as a hater…he obviously doesn’t come here because he agrees with you or because he likes getting smacked down by the rest of us…no, it is a certain “je ne sais quoi” that defines your niche. Keep it up!

]]> By: ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/09/14/theres-usually-a-reason/#comment-14781 ymarsakar Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:57:10 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=1824#comment-14781 <B>On good days, it’s worth the wait, but I also love the fact that I can check in here two or three times a day and find new posts, whereas Big Lizards usualy only updates once a day, if then.</b> That's the same dynamic when reading Neo-Neocon's blog and yours, Book. Think on the positive side of a flat line. On good days, it’s worth the wait, but I also love the fact that I can check in here two or three times a day and find new posts, whereas Big Lizards usualy only updates once a day, if then.

That’s the same dynamic when reading Neo-Neocon’s blog and yours, Book.

Think on the positive side of a flat line.

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