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Why are you still LURKING!
Just a reminder, folks: it’s Delurking Week here on Byzantium’s Shores! Drop in comments and say Hello or…whatever! I’ll be turning anonymous commenting back off on Sunday morning, so say something!
Remember to delurk, all you lurker-type folks!
A reminder that it’s Delurking Week here at Byzantium’s Shores, so if you please, go ahead and leave a comment! (Or you can e-mail me, if you like. I just want to know who’s out there!) Thanks!
Unlurk, you lurking lurkers!
I haven’t done this in a while, and it’s something I do sporadically, so…it’s Delurking Week here on Byzantium’s Shores! For this week and this week only (unless I get flooded with spam and have to cut things short), I’m … Continue reading →
Another note to self
I have replaced the ‘100 Things About Me’ post with an actual page on the site. It’s in the sidebar at the top, or here, for those who don’t like to look for stuff. Huzzah!
Note to self:
Revise the ‘100 Things About Me’ thing. It’s almost nine years old, and is therefore really out of date on many a particular.
Remember, Buffalo!
This city seems to have a fetish for old things. Well, Byzantium’s Shores is one of Buffalo’s oldest blogs, dating back to February 2002! In blogging terms, that’s like a house that Tom Jefferson might have walked by on his … Continue reading →
A Query for You Fine Readers
Does the commenting system currently in use here suffice? Or should I switch to a system like Disqus, which allows a lot more mechanisms for signing in to leave comments? Please weigh in! I’m not sure that Blogger’s existing commenting … Continue reading →
A brief observation
Based on responses to this week’s Random Wednesday Conversation Starter, this blog seems to appeal to an awful lot of early risers. Maybe I should start scheduling all of my new content to run at three in the morning!
PEROT IN ’92!!!
Psst! Hey! Wanna waste your vote? As far as Buffalo’s recognition of blogs goes, ‘personal’ blogs such as this one might as well not even exist, but hey, a fellow can dream! Or he can pout. Or he can have … Continue reading →
A meta-note
As part of my effort to lower the amount of snark in the world by lowering it here…I’ve rewritten my comments policy to sound a tad less harsh. So consider this a reboot of the commenting environment here. Behave, but … Continue reading →