Bloodless Coup

Blogroll Editing

As you may have noticed, there are some changes to the blogroll, several additions and a few deletions. I wish I could be a more ruthless pruner, but did manage to get rid of a few. Somehow I still can't bring myself to delete Fafblog or Whiskey Bar. And I am holding out hope that Norbiz is just off enjoying playing with his hamster and will be back. So, for nostalgia or lobbying nice bloggers in Texas, those remain.

There are also a few blogs that I used to read daily but that have really deteriorated, for various reasons, not all of them bad. These are still on, but I am thinking of them as the "last chance" crowd. As the Tumor Turns, which was a morph from Granny Gets a Vibrator, has gone mostly offline because Granny is now (thank goodness) cancer free and busy enjoying life. Majikthise, who used to have some of the best blogging - especially photoblogging - around, has dwindled as its blogger has accumulated more "professional" outlets for her work. TBogg, who I used to read daily, moved to an unsightly new home with bloggers whose work I don't really care for. A simple move ought not to matter that much, but somehow the new format is really off-putting to the point that I don't really go there anymore. These, and others, may drop off shortly.

I've also added quite a few blogs that are more towards the IR side, and a few academic blogs from other disciplines (some friends, some not). Even though we often (mostly?) write about things other than International Relations, this is still technically an academic/IR blog run by three people with PhDs in political science. The additions reflect that, and more may follow.

Finally, I want to say that this is a chance for me to try to shake my boredom with blogging. The combination of overcommitment and underenthusiasm has been deadly for my blogging output. I am tired of a lot of what I used to read with more energy. I spend more time with music boards, lolcats, and heaven forbid, PerezHilton that I ever wanted to. So, for the regular and occasional reader, and the lurkers (I'm looking at you, JPoff), I'll close with a request to share some of your favorites that we don't have in the blogroll. Let us check them out, and maybe rotate some more new blood into the mix.