First it was the bubble bloggers. As far as I can tell, they all left town, except Quimby, who was in the store the other day and asking me where everyone went. Ironic, I guess, if the downturn we were all warning about also managed to shut them down.
A couple of days ago, one of the three sites I visit every day to get my comic news, shut down. Journalistica guy was fired by the Comics Journal.
And then Bruce announced that he was shutting down The Wandering Eye. Since he is about the only mainstream, pragmatic liberal voice in the town, this will be a huge loss.
The Baker City connection is looking shaky, though I have no idea what's going on over there. I enjoyed Keeneye's observations about opening a new restaurant, but it sounds like she's got more important things to worry about.
My tiny blogroll on this site consists of my Pegasus Books connection, and Linda's two blogs -- which she has let die.
Over on the Pegasus Books site, I have a longer local blogroll, but by my count about 5 out of 12 are completely inactive. On the professional blogroll, about 4 of the sites are dead.
I'm kind of finicky about what I read online. I find my favorites, and then check them out constantly. It's rare that I actually add to my favorites, and even rarer that any of them become a habit.
I hope I can find some good reads to fill the sudden losses.
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"Since he is about the only mainstream, pragmatic liberal voice in the town, this will be a huge loss"
This maybe isn't The Wandering Eye, and not always focused on local, but has the same quality and relevance in IMO:
http://bendoregonnews.blogspot.com/
Well, you know, that would be familiar. :)
But like this blog, it doesn't have access to an automatic mainstream audience like the Source.
"Well, you know, that would be familiar"
Are you saying that the link I posted above is Bruce's blog?
That's my guess.
This one- http://bendoregonnews.blogspot.com/ - is no fun. Doesn't allow anonymouse posts.
Like I said....
"Are you saying that the link I posted above is Bruce's blog?"
It is not.
"This one ... is no fun"
But its QUALITY is high enough to be a national blog or international blog. Like Dunc's little blog.
For interesting "comments" I'm sure there's plenty of other outlets.
"This one ... is no fun"
National or international caliber blog? That's funny. I don't care who you are. That's just plain funny. Post more!
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