A small note–I’ve just reworked the sidebar a bit. If you use it at all, you’ll notice a few of the changes. The first change is in the LinkBoard. Remember that episode of Seinfeld about speed-dial rankings? I kind of feel like that when I’m reworking the board, wondering if the people listed will notice the changes and say, “Hey! He moved me from 14 to 16! What’s up with that?” Added to the Linkboard is Sean’s and Justin’s blogs (about time), Blog-Q Taro’s (a lot of actual link referrals come from there, I don’t know why), and a completely new Japan blog, “My So-Called Japanese Life,” authored by Shari.

Next, the “Best of BfAD” is revised. There are now sections to the list. I’ve collected all of my serious-issue entries and collected them at the top; if you want to know where I stand on just about any issue, they’re all there, in gory detail. Included is my post on “Arguing on the Internet,” which, to my rather great surprise, was selected by a professor in Texas as an entry in a college reader, a book used by Academic Writing students as examples of writing to emulate. It’s not published yet, but will be out in the next few months, I’m told–I’ll be sure to go on at length about it when it’s released, as if it were an astonishing accomplishment or something.

The second section is entries that come in series, including four almost-categories where I’ve blogged repeatedly on specific matters (The Republican Blame Game, The “Liberal Media” Lie, Right Wing vs. Judiciary & The Constitution , and Church, State, & Christianity ). Not repetitively, though, I hope. The third section is general posts, followed by a few resources in last place.

Next, I’ve gotten rid of a few sections, including the “Media Reviews” panel which showed “What I’m Reading Now,” which, of course, was always out of date (no, I did not read “Big Lies” for two years straight). I figured I don’t change it enough, and certainly I don’t get people ordering from Amazon through it, so out it went.

Last was a small rework of the end links, adding a number of blogs that have been kind enough to link to me over time. I’m sure I’ve missed a few; if I did, please don’t take it the wrong way.