We interrupt this fundraiser to celebrate Blogroll Amnesty Day

There's plenty of time to celebrate Blogroll Amnesty Day this year. As a tribute to the late Jon Swift, we are running it for a week. Old timers know that this holiday has a rather sullen history, but now it is a happy occasion: On February 3, bloggers are invited to post links to blogs you like, that have smaller traffic than your own. It's a great celebration and a time to discover new blogs and link them and stuff. As I have said in previous years, "not to get all mushy here, but do you know how fucking great it is to be here in the blogosphere? Take a moment. Take it in." Spread some linky love.

Small and newbie bloggers please be aware of the ironclad rule that you are not allowed to make "hey no blog is as small as mine" jokes regarding Blogroll Amnesty Day. The rule is, straight from the queen of the indy blogs herself (ahem), that you are not allowed to complain or mention your blog's low traffic until you have been posting daily for a year. If you're little, link other blogs that are new or still growing their audience, and encourage them to practice their craft daily. Then, show them how.

Here are some blogs from my blogroll that have posted recently. (I haven't checked their traffic numbers because I rarely check my own). Enjoy:

Reed Writes

Earth-Bound Misfit

Hysterical Raisins

Bildungblog

And an art blog, Tom Moody.

Happy #Blogroll Amnesty Day!

Look up, link down, celebrate the small blogs!

My list is not comprehensive, but these folks have linked ME recently, so I'm returning the favor:

The Phydeaux Speaks Experience

After the Bridge

Upper Left

And the totally not safe for work gay porn blog Bill in Exile, who gave the podcast major props in this post, but if you click on that link and glance at his sidebar your eyes will also see naked man parts. You've been warned.

Also a big thank you to Crooks and Liars, especially Mike, who does this sort of linky love to smaller blogs every single day.

This Wednesday is Blogroll Amnesty Day

The twitter hashtag #blogroll should allow us all to check out each other's posts. We do miss you, Jonathan Swift. (Click the link to see the history and background of B.A.D.)

And feel free to steal the video and post it to your own blog. xxx

More fun with Twitter

A little inside baseball, but actual tweets. If you don't get it and want to, google "blogroll amnesty day."

And memo to Cardinal Ratzinger: That whole "excommunicate the 9yo rape victim's mom and not the pedophile rapist" thing is bound to make people feel all warm and fuzzy about your Church, just like they did about your Führer.

Happy Blogroll Amnesty Day!

Here's my five, chosen because they are tiny blogs on my blogroll who have posted most recently. Because I strongly believe that writing is a discipline, and those who practice it faithfully, deserve readers:

The World of Doorman-Priest

Just an Earthbound Misfit

The Emperor's New Rags the II

Relaxed Politics

Slobber and Spittle


While I helped out by making the video above, this event is actually organized by Skippy and Jon Swift, who are providing linky love to those who participate, so do let them know.

Blogroll Amnesty Day is next Tuesday. STEAL THIS VIDEO.

And enjoy!

Tuesday, February 3 is Blogroll Amnesty Day. Old timers know that this holiday has a rather sullen history, but now it is a happy occasion: On February 3, bloggers are invited to post links to five blogs you like, that have smaller traffic than your own. It's a great celebration and a time to discover new blogs and link them and stuff. As I said last year, "not to get all mushy here, but do you know how fucking great it is to be here in the blogosphere? Take a moment. Take it in." Spread some linky love.

Small and newbie bloggers please be aware of the ironclad rule that you are not allowed to make "hey no blog is as small as mine" jokes regarding Blogroll Amnesty Day. The rule is, straight from the queen of the indy blogs herself (ahem), that you are not allowed to complain or mention your blog's low traffic until you have been posting daily for a year. If you're little, link other blogs that are new or still growing their audience, and encourage them to practice their craft daily. Then, show them how.

Happy Blogroll Amnesty Day

Happy Blogroll Amnesty Day! Today is the day the small blogosphere celebrates itself by giving each other a little lurve. I'm going to pick just a couple bloggers to mention but in my ever expanding blogroll is over there (yeah every time I try to cull it down I wind up adding a few more because "oh wow they're good writers and they've been at this for a while now so yeah they should get a spot").

Skippy and Jon Swift are the honchos running this pony show.

So go visit fellow bloggers
after the bridge,
Yikes!,
200 millionth weblog,
Polite Company, and
Carpe You Some Diem!.

Not to get all mushy here, but do you know how fucking great it is to be here in the blogosphere? Take a moment. Take it in. Today's the day. And thanks.

The graphic below is by Skippy, the one above is by Zencomix. Both have given permission to steal.