LUDIC LOG

I'm foregoing Saturday list day to call your attention to a couple of additions, changes, and general carryings-on I'd like you to be aware of.

All of the people linked on your left in the "Outside Links" column deserve your eyeballs on a regular basis; they have excellent sites and work hard at them, and if you're not clicking on them, please consider doing so. It's free, and will spare you a brutal beating.

Claire Zulkey, in particular, produces a daily journal that delights and amuses, and she may not be getting your page views becase, due to an accident of alphabetics, she's all the way down there at the bottom of the page. Pay her a visit, won't you?

Christian Longshore Claiborn is back in America, and after an agonizing hiatus, he's blogging again over at Brainslug. He's always worth reading.

Iron Scribe is a new project of my very own; I hope it will prove to be contentious, hilarious and addictive, like crack that comes in funny animal balloons. If you'd like to spectate, head over to the site; if you'd like to participate, drop me a line.

Jon Morris not only hosts a consistently fun LiveJournal site, but is also a terrific comic artist and writer. Check out Ape Law and Wheo!Um as well as his journal; you'll be happy you did.

Nobody likes my cranky, directionless, ill-thought-out political ravings. For a more competent dose of current events in these dangerous times, it's a good idea to check in with Cursor every weekday. It's all the media you wish you had.

There's a few new faces over there on the left, too, and if you click on them, maybe they will feel guilty enough to update frequently. They include Auto-da-Fe, by the helpful administrator and architect of the Iron Scribe site; Cubicle Coma, by the enjoyably nasty Emily J.; the return of an actually-occassionally-updated Slumbering Lungfish; the delightful Yuriverse, by America's funniest Russian; and a relaunch of Emetophobia, by the most hardcore goddamn chick I have never been lucky enough to meet.

Finally, if you're in the mood to throw your money away on overpriced, poorly designed merchandise of limited use, questionable quality, and no point, there's lots better things you could waste it on than Ludic Log merchandise. But buy it anyway, because if you do I get money.

Happy Saturday.

The first anniversary of the Ludic Log is Monday. Appropriate gifts include paper and clocks, but you could forego the shipping costs by clicking on the e-mail link below and sending me questions, requests or suggestions instead.