December 31, 2007

The Coalition of the Willing

As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher's Council hold a vote every week on what we consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around...  though I don't actually vote unless there happens to be a tie, I do get to choose two of the non-council nominations for each vote held.  When I choose two blogs to nominate for next week's vote, I will limit myself to considering those who do the following:

  1. You must make a post containing 4 required links -- your qualification post must link to the most recent winning council post, the most recent winning non-council post, the results of the latest vote, and that vote's posting of the nominees.

  2. Then send me an email with "LINK WHORAGE" as the subject and include a link to the post you want me to consider nominating...  also, please include a link to your post required by the previous step.

  3. Please follow the previous two steps before Tuesday's nomination deadline of 8 PM, Eastern Standard Time.

I will look at all the submissions and then nominate the two posts that I like the most.  When I post the full list of nominations, I'll also list below them up to ten more submitted posts that I feel are the most deserving of an honorable mention...  this list of ten extra posts can't be voted on by council members, but it should help you to garner some attention.

I made the same offer last week, but not many bloggers took me up on it.  Keep in mind...  if you are only one of a dozen (or fewer) people who follow the instructions above, then you are pretty much guaranteed an honorable mention at the very least.  As usual, I will be reposting this announcement on a weekly basis.

Update: To make things easier on yourself, just go ahead and copy the HTML code from this box when making your qualification post.

December 28, 2007

The Council Has Spoken!

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here,  and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are Judeo-Christian Doctrine and Moral Freedom by Bookworm Room, and Fear by Silver Bullets.  All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post.  Two members were unable to vote this week...  but Right Wing Nut House was the only member affected by the 2/3 vote penalty.  Thanks to everyone for all the great entries this week...  I'm eager to see next week's entries!  Here are the full tallies of all votes cast:

VotesCouncil link
2  2/3Judeo-Christian Doctrine and Moral Freedom
Bookworm Room
1  2/3Ron Paul
Done With Mirrors
1  2/3First Let the Lawyers Kill Us All
Soccer Dad
1  1/3Lame Duck Crushes Christmas Turkeys
Big Lizards
1A Holiday Primer for Ron Paul Supporters
Rhymes With Right
2/3The Arrogance
The Colossus of Rhodey
1/3A Tale of Two Iraqs & Two Wars
Wolf Howling

VotesNon-council link
4Fear
Silver Bullets
2Laughter and Tears
Eternity Road
1Must Police Be Representative? Whom Do They Represent?
Discriminations
2/3Arabs in Israel
The Volokh Conspiracy
2/3Home For Christmas
Villainous Company
2/3Democrats' 2007 Report Card
Human Events
1/3Saudi Libel Terrorism Must Be Stopped
The Terror Finance Blog
1/3"We Will Never Recognize... Reality"
Dr. Sanity
1/3Iraq Portrait: How the Press Has Covered Events on the Ground
Pew Research Center

I thought it would be best to leave out the entries that didn't receive any votes at all.  The fractions come from the splitting of the votes...  primary choices counted as 2/3 of a vote and secondary choices counted as 1/3.  Both counts for primary and secondary choices were then added all together.  I could have avoided using fractions, but it would have put the results on a completely different scale...  I'd rather that the total reflect how many people actually voted.  Please send any questions, comments, complaints, criticisms, crude insults, or thinly-veiled threats to this address.

Weekly Roundup of Weekly Roundups

King of Fools hasn't put together this week's Carnival of the Carnivals, and quite possibly never will again, but the show must go on:

Posted by Watcher at 03:19 AM | Comments (0) |

December 26, 2007

Submitted for Your Approval

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here,  and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote.

Council links:

  1. A Tale of Two Iraqs & Two Wars
    Wolf Howling
  2. Ron Paul
    Done With Mirrors
  3. The Arrogance
    The Colossus of Rhodey
  4. Nuclear Weapons Policy in the 21st Century
    The Glittering Eye
  5. What Would Jesus Say To Those Who Defame His People?
    Joshuapundit
  6. Judeo-Christian Doctrine and Moral Freedom
    Bookworm Room
  7. A Holiday Primer for Ron Paul Supporters
    Rhymes With Right
  8. First Let the Lawyers Kill Us All
    Soccer Dad
  9. George F. Will Gets Beyond NCLB
    The Education Wonks
  10. Lame Duck Crushes Christmas Turkeys
    Big Lizards
  11. Cross About Huckabee's Cross Ad
    Cheat Seeking Missiles
  12. Huckadumb
    Right Wing Nut House
Non-council links:
  1. Saudi Libel Terrorism Must Be Stopped
    The Terror Finance Blog
  2. Fear
    Silver Bullets
  3. Pilger and His Public
    Oliver Kamm
  4. Home For Christmas
    Villainous Company
  5. Syrian and Iranian Axis Terrorize their Opposition
    Counterterrorism Blog
  6. Iraq Portrait: How the Press Has Covered Events on the Ground
    Pew Research Center
  7. Must Police Be Representative? Whom Do They Represent?
    Discriminations
  8. Arabs in Israel
    The Volokh Conspiracy
  9. "We Will Never Recognize... Reality"
    Dr. Sanity
  10. Democrats' 2007 Report Card
    Human Events
  11. Laughter and Tears
    Eternity Road
  12. How the Democrats Must Love the Republican "Base"
    Classical Values
  13. MMOs Bad for Planet?
    Dodgeblogium

Council members should email me their votes by Thursday at 8 PM Eastern Standard Time.  By the way...  anyone that wants to review the updated version of the council rules can do so by clicking on the image at the top of my right sidebar, which is attached to every page on this site.  To peruse my archives, click the image at the top of the other sidebar.

Only one blogger took me up on my most recent offer of link whorage...  so there won't be any spillover into honorable mentions this week.

December 23, 2007

The Coalition of the Willing

As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher's Council hold a vote every week on what we consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around...  though I don't actually vote unless there happens to be a tie, I do get to choose two of the non-council nominations for each vote held.  When I choose two blogs to nominate for next week's vote, I will limit myself to considering those who do the following:

  1. You must make a post containing 4 required links -- your qualification post must link to the most recent winning council post, the most recent winning non-council post, the results of the latest vote, and that vote's posting of the nominees.

  2. Then send me an email with "LINK WHORAGE" as the subject and include a link to the post you want me to consider nominating...  also, please include a link to your post required by the previous step.

  3. Please follow the previous two steps before Tuesday's nomination deadline of 8 PM, Eastern Standard Time.

I will look at all the submissions and then nominate the two posts that I like the most.  When I post the full list of nominations, I'll also list below them up to ten more submitted posts that I feel are the most deserving of an honorable mention...  this list of ten extra posts can't be voted on by council members, but it should help you to garner some attention.

I made the same offer last week, but not many bloggers took me up on it.  Keep in mind...  if you are only one of a dozen (or fewer) people who follow the instructions above, then you are pretty much guaranteed an honorable mention at the very least.  As usual, I will be reposting this announcement on a weekly basis.

Update: To make things easier on yourself, just go ahead and copy the HTML code from this box when making your qualification post.

December 21, 2007

The Council Has Spoken!

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here,  and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are "The Courage to Do Nothing" by Big Lizards, and A Stand-up President by The Ornery American.  All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post.  There was actually a tie in the non-council category this week...  I enjoyed both posts, but Orson Scott Card's defense of George W. Bush ultimately won me over.  Only one member was unable to vote this week, unaffected by the 2/3 vote penalty.  Thanks to everyone for all the great entries this week...  I'm eager to see next week's entries!  Here are the full tallies of all votes cast:

VotesCouncil link
3"The Courage to Do Nothing"
Big Lizards
2  1/3Separation of Church and State, Secularist Style
Cheat Seeking Missiles
1  2/3More on the Teacher Accused of Insulting Religion in His Class
Bookworm Room
1  1/3Whatever Happened To Separation of Mosque and State?
Rhymes With Right
1The Very Deep Thoughts of Mike Huckabee
Right Wing Nut House
2/3Chávez Suspected of Foul Play
The Colossus of Rhodey
2/3Fish Tales at the PA Aid Conference
Soccer Dad
1/3I Bet Not
Done With Mirrors

VotesNon-council link
3A Stand-up President
The Ornery American
2A Muslim American
National Review Online
1  1/3Mearsheimer, Walt, and "Cold Feet"
Sandbox
1  1/3Only a Few Months and Hours Together But Memories for a Lifetime.
Wizbang
1The Pulpit and the Potemkin Village
Opinion Journal
2/3In the End, There Can Only Be One
The American Scene
2/3Manic Misinterpretations of Climate Change Capitulation by US in Bali
NewsBusters.org
2/3One on One: Debunking Dastardly Debate
The Jerusalem Post
2/3Handle Huckabee with Care
TCS Daily
1/3What Does It Mean To Be a Responsible Adult: Quotes Worth Considering
TFS Magnum
1/3A Blueprint for the Suppression of Dissent in Europe
Gates of Vienna

I thought it would be best to leave out the entries that didn't receive any votes at all.  The fractions come from the splitting of the votes...  primary choices counted as 2/3 of a vote and secondary choices counted as 1/3.  Both counts for primary and secondary choices were then added all together.  I could have avoided using fractions, but it would have put the results on a completely different scale...  I'd rather that the total reflect how many people actually voted.  Please send any questions, comments, complaints, criticisms, crude insults, or thinly-veiled threats to this address.

December 19, 2007

Submitted for Your Approval

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here,  and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote.

Council links:

  1. Chávez Suspected of Foul Play
    The Colossus of Rhodey
  2. A Methane Gas Emission in Church...
    Wolf Howling
  3. The Changing Face of America
    The Glittering Eye
  4. U.S. Students Not Comparing Well With Others
    The Education Wonks
  5. I Bet Not
    Done With Mirrors
  6. Whatever Happened To Separation of Mosque and State?
    Rhymes With Right
  7. More on the Teacher Accused of Insulting Religion in His Class
    Bookworm Room
  8. Fish Tales at the PA Aid Conference
    Soccer Dad
  9. Separation of Church and State, Secularist Style
    Cheat Seeking Missiles
  10. "The Courage to Do Nothing"
    Big Lizards
  11. The Saudis Host Hamas' Top Brass -- And Reveal the Middle East's New Order
    Joshuapundit
  12. The Very Deep Thoughts of Mike Huckabee
    Right Wing Nut House
Non-council links:
  1. A Stand-up President
    The Ornery American
  2. A Muslim American
    National Review Online
  3. In the End, There Can Only Be One
    The American Scene
  4. A Blueprint for the Suppression of Dissent in Europe
    Gates of Vienna
  5. The Pulpit and the Potemkin Village
    Opinion Journal
  6. Only a Few Months and Hours Together But Memories for a Lifetime.
    Wizbang
  7. One on One: Debunking Dastardly Debate
    The Jerusalem Post
  8. Economics Challenged?
    Don Surber
  9. Handle Huckabee with Care
    TCS Daily
  10. Manic Misinterpretations of Climate Change Capitulation by US in Bali
    NewsBusters.org
  11. Mearsheimer, Walt, and "Cold Feet"
    Sandbox
  12. Bolton: Bush's Foreign Policy is in Free Fall
    PoliGazette
  13. What Does It Mean To Be a Responsible Adult: Quotes Worth Considering
    TFS Magnum
  14. Iowa Debates...
    Dodgeblogium

Council members should email me their votes by Thursday at 8 PM Eastern Standard Time.  By the way...  anyone that wants to review the updated version of the council rules can do so by clicking on the image at the top of my right sidebar, which is attached to every page on this site.  To peruse my archives, click the image at the top of the other sidebar.

Only two bloggers took me up on my most recent offer of link whorage...  so there won't be any spillover into honorable mentions this week.

December 16, 2007

The Coalition of the Willing

As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher's Council hold a vote every week on what we consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around...  though I don't actually vote unless there happens to be a tie, I do get to choose two of the non-council nominations for each vote held.  When I choose two blogs to nominate for next week's vote, I will limit myself to considering those who do the following:

  1. You must make a post containing 4 required links -- your qualification post must link to the most recent winning council post, the most recent winning non-council post, the results of the latest vote, and that vote's posting of the nominees.

  2. Then send me an email with "LINK WHORAGE" as the subject and include a link to the post you want me to consider nominating...  also, please include a link to your post required by the previous step.

  3. Please follow the previous two steps before Tuesday's nomination deadline of 8 PM, Eastern Standard Time.

I will look at all the submissions and then nominate the two posts that I like the most.  When I post the full list of nominations, I'll also list below them up to ten more submitted posts that I feel are the most deserving of an honorable mention...  this list of ten extra posts can't be voted on by council members, but it should help you to garner some attention.

I made the same offer last week, but not many bloggers took me up on it.  Keep in mind...  if you are only one of a dozen (or fewer) people who follow the instructions above, then you are pretty much guaranteed an honorable mention at the very least.  As usual, I will be reposting this announcement on a weekly basis.

Update: To make things easier on yourself, just go ahead and copy the HTML code from this box when making your qualification post.

December 14, 2007

The Council Has Spoken!

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here,  and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are Pearl Harbor... And 9/11 by Joshuapundit, and Men of Valor: Part IV by Michael Yon.  All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post.  There was actually a tie in the council category this week...  I enjoyed both posts, but Freedom Fighter's comparison between Pearl Harbor and 9/11 ultimately won me over.  Rhymes With Right was the only member unable to vote this week, and the only member affected by the 2/3 vote penalty.  Thanks to everyone for all the great entries this week...  I'm eager to see next week's entries!  Here are the full tallies of all votes cast:

VotesCouncil link
3Pearl Harbor... And 9/11
Joshuapundit
2A Deeply Flawed NIE Changes Nothing & Everything
Wolf Howling
1  2/3What the NIE on Iran's Nuclear Weapons Development Doesn't Say
The Glittering Eye
1  1/3Release of Iran NIE a Remarkable Testament to American Exceptionalism
Right Wing Nut House
1  1/3Explaining American Jews' Love for Israel and America
Bookworm Room
1Hoodwinkers and Their Codependents: In Search of Intelligent Intelligence on Iran
Big Lizards
2/3U.S. "Stingy" on Foreign Aid
The Colossus of Rhodey
1/3Another Sign: Islam Is a Human Rights Violation
Rhymes With Right

VotesNon-council link
3Men of Valor: Part IV
Michael Yon
2What Happens After the Surge
Pajamas Media
1  1/3What Iran's "Victory" Means
ShrinkWrapped
1Iran NIE and a Prediction
Middle East Strategy at Harvard
1In Politics Values Matter, Not Theology
Townhall.com
1William Katz: New National Intelligence Estimate
Power Line
2/3Exclusive IPT Investigation Uncovers HLF Jury Room Bullying
The Investigative Project on Terrorism
2/32007: Now, With Fewer Menorah Vandalizations, But More Anti-Semitism
Yourish.com
1/3Ineffective and Pointless -- But Very Costly
Klein Verzet

I thought it would be best to leave out the entries that didn't receive any votes at all.  The fractions come from the splitting of the votes...  primary choices counted as 2/3 of a vote and secondary choices counted as 1/3.  Both counts for primary and secondary choices were then added all together.  I could have avoided using fractions, but it would have put the results on a completely different scale...  I'd rather that the total reflect how many people actually voted.  Please send any questions, comments, complaints, criticisms, crude insults, or thinly-veiled threats to this address.

December 12, 2007

Submitted for Your Approval

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here,  and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote.

Council links:

  1. A Deeply Flawed NIE Changes Nothing & Everything
    Wolf Howling
  2. What the NIE on Iran's Nuclear Weapons Development Doesn't Say
    The Glittering Eye
  3. U.S. "Stingy" on Foreign Aid
    The Colossus of Rhodey
  4. How Kennedy Said It
    Done With Mirrors
  5. Babies Having Babies: Now a Generational Problem
    The Education Wonks
  6. Making NIE
    Soccer Dad
  7. Explaining American Jews' Love for Israel and America
    Bookworm Room
  8. Pearl Harbor... And 9/11
    Joshuapundit
  9. Another Sign: Islam Is a Human Rights Violation
    Rhymes With Right
  10. Hoodwinkers and Their Codependents: In Search of Intelligent Intelligence on Iran
    Big Lizards
  11. Release of Iran NIE a Remarkable Testament to American Exceptionalism
    Right Wing Nut House
  12. Burying a Hate Crime
    Cheat Seeking Missiles
Non-council links:
  1. Men of Valor: Part IV
    Michael Yon
  2. Iran NIE and a Prediction
    Middle East Strategy at Harvard
  3. 2007: Now, With Fewer Menorah Vandalizations, But More Anti-Semitism
    Yourish.com
  4. What Happens After the Surge
    Pajamas Media
  5. The Price of Pork Refusal
    Captain's Quarters
  6. Deadly Bombing in Paris
    Snapped Shot
  7. William Katz: New National Intelligence Estimate
    Power Line
  8. What Iran's "Victory" Means
    ShrinkWrapped
  9. Exclusive IPT Investigation Uncovers HLF Jury Room Bullying
    The Investigative Project on Terrorism
  10. In Politics Values Matter, Not Theology
    Townhall.com
  11. The Key Question About the NIE's Key Judgment
    American Thinker
  12. The Huckster's Foreign Policy: Live By The Golden Rule
    Ace of Spades HQ
  13. Repetition, Repetition, and Repetition
    Eternity Road
  14. Ineffective and Pointless -- But Very Costly
    Klein Verzet

Council members should email me their votes by Thursday at 8 PM Eastern Standard Time.  By the way...  anyone that wants to review the updated version of the council rules can do so by clicking on the image at the top of my right sidebar, which is attached to every page on this site.  To peruse my archives, click the image at the top of the other sidebar.

No bloggers took me up on my most recent offer of link whorage, so there won't be any honorable mentions this week...  sorry!

December 09, 2007

The Coalition of the Willing

As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher's Council hold a vote every week on what we consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around...  though I don't actually vote unless there happens to be a tie, I do get to choose two of the non-council nominations for each vote held.  When I choose two blogs to nominate for next week's vote, I will limit myself to considering those who do the following:

  1. You must make a post containing 4 required links -- your qualification post must link to the most recent winning council post, the most recent winning non-council post, the results of the latest vote, and that vote's posting of the nominees.

  2. Then send me an email with "LINK WHORAGE" as the subject and include a link to the post you want me to consider nominating...  also, please include a link to your post required by the previous step.

  3. Please follow the previous two steps before Tuesday's nomination deadline of 8 PM, Eastern Standard Time.

I will look at all the submissions and then nominate the two posts that I like the most.  When I post the full list of nominations, I'll also list below them up to ten more submitted posts that I feel are the most deserving of an honorable mention...  this list of ten extra posts can't be voted on by council members, but it should help you to garner some attention.

I made the same offer last week, but not many bloggers took me up on it.  Keep in mind...  if you are only one of a dozen (or fewer) people who follow the instructions above, then you are pretty much guaranteed an honorable mention at the very least.  As usual, I will be reposting this announcement on a weekly basis.

Update: To make things easier on yourself, just go ahead and copy the HTML code from this box when making your qualification post.

December 07, 2007

The Council Has Spoken!

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here,  and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are Of Islamist Foxes and British Chickens by Wolf Howling, and Teddy Muhammad by Pierre Tristam's Middle East Issues Blog.  All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post.  Thanks to everyone for all the great entries this week...  I'm eager to see next week's entries!  Here are the full tallies of all votes cast:

VotesCouncil link
2  1/3Of Islamist Foxes and British Chickens
Wolf Howling
2FBI Rebuts CAIR Scare Tactics
Cheat Seeking Missiles
1  2/3Two Different Worlds
Bookworm Room
1  2/3Greatest Generation
Done With Mirrors
1  1/3The Politics of Immigration
The Glittering Eye
1If the Huck Wins, the Right Loses
Right Wing Nut House
1Bush Signals Iran: US Military Option Off The Table
Joshuapundit
2/3Bored Now; Turn the Page
Big Lizards
1/3The Teddy Bear That Blasphemed
The Education Wonks

VotesNon-council link
2  1/3Teddy Muhammad
Pierre Tristam's Middle East Issues Blog
2The 2nd Annual Worst Quotes From The Daily Kos (2007 Edition)
Right Wing News
1  2/3UNRWA and Palestinian Suffering
The Volokh Conspiracy
1  2/3Synthetic Biology -- The Next Proliferation
Winds of Change.NET
1  1/3Do or Die
Military Times
2/3Insurance Haters, Let's Get the Job Done!
Classical Values
2/3Spe Salvi
Gazizza
2/3An Edgy Calm in Fallujah
Michael J. Totten
1/3The New Republic Tries to Come Clean on Beauchamp Scandal
Pajamas Media
1/3Democrats: The Party of Truman Is No More
The QandO Blog
1/3Arlington Schools Hire Race-Baiting Diversity Consultant
OpenMarket.org

I thought it would be best to leave out the entries that didn't receive any votes at all.  The fractions come from the splitting of the votes...  primary choices counted as 2/3 of a vote and secondary choices counted as 1/3.  Both counts for primary and secondary choices were then added all together.  I could have avoided using fractions, but it would have put the results on a completely different scale...  I'd rather that the total reflect how many people actually voted.  Please send any questions, comments, complaints, criticisms, crude insults, or thinly-veiled threats to this address.

December 05, 2007

Submitted for Your Approval

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here,  and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote.

Council links:

  1. Greatest Generation
    Done With Mirrors
  2. The Illegal Immigration Debate: Why You Can't Mix Religion With Politics
    The Colossus of Rhodey
  3. The Politics of Immigration
    The Glittering Eye
  4. Of Islamist Foxes and British Chickens
    Wolf Howling
  5. The Teddy Bear That Blasphemed
    The Education Wonks
  6. Joe Biden: I Don't Know Sh!t About the Constitution
    Rhymes With Right
  7. Bored Now; Turn the Page
    Big Lizards
  8. FBI Rebuts CAIR Scare Tactics
    Cheat Seeking Missiles
  9. Hard Cell
    Soccer Dad
  10. Two Different Worlds
    Bookworm Room
  11. Bush Signals Iran: US Military Option Off The Table
    Joshuapundit
  12. If the Huck Wins, the Right Loses
    Right Wing Nut House
Non-council links:
  1. Teddy Muhammad
    Pierre Tristam's Middle East Issues Blog
  2. Arlington Schools Hire Race-Baiting Diversity Consultant
    OpenMarket.org
  3. Synthetic Biology -- The Next Proliferation
    Winds of CHange.NET
  4. Do or Die
    Military Times
  5. Why We're Not Bombing Iran
    Captain's Quarters
  6. Spe Salvi
    Gazizza
  7. The New Republic Tries to Come Clean on Beauchamp Scandal
    Pajamas Media
  8. Introducing The Angel Of Death (Repeat)
    All Things Beautiful
  9. UNRWA and Palestinian Suffering
    The Volokh Conspiracy
  10. The 2nd Annual Worst Quotes From The Daily Kos (2007 Edition)
    Right Wing News
  11. An Edgy Calm in Fallujah
    Michael J. Totten
  12. Fallout From NIE Iran Nuke Assessment
    Outside the Beltway
  13. Insurance Haters, Let's Get the Job Done!
    Classical Values
  14. Democrats: The Party of Truman Is No More
    The QandO Blog

Council members should email me their votes by Thursday at 8 PM Eastern Standard Time.  By the way...  anyone that wants to review the updated version of the council rules can do so by clicking on the image at the top of my right sidebar, which is attached to every page on this site.  To peruse my archives, click the image at the top of the other sidebar.

No bloggers took me up on my most recent offer of link whorage, so there won't be any honorable mentions this week...  sorry!

December 02, 2007

The Old Switcheroo

Many thanks to Cold Fury, The Colossus of Rhodey, Combs Spouts Off, Bookworm Room, Low Earth Orbit, The Glittering Eye, Joshuapundit, Big Lizards, Thought Mesh, Soccer Dad, Cheat Seeking MIssiles, Dean's World, Outside the Beltway, and ‘Okie’ on the Lam for helping to spread the word about the open seat on the Watcher's Council.

After careful consideration of all the applications I've received, I finally managed to reach a decision on the replacement...  Wolf Howling will be filling the vacancy left by ‘Okie’ on the Lam.  Welcome aboard, GW!  All members, please be sure to update your link lists.  Thanks very much to everyone else who expressed an interest in joining...  I will keep you all in mind should any more spots open up.

The Coalition of the Willing

As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher's Council hold a vote every week on what we consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around...  though I don't actually vote unless there happens to be a tie, I do get to choose two of the non-council nominations for each vote held.  When I choose two blogs to nominate for next week's vote, I will limit myself to considering those who do the following:

  1. You must make a post containing 4 required links -- your qualification post must link to the most recent winning council post, the most recent winning non-council post, the results of the latest vote, and that vote's posting of the nominees.

  2. Then send me an email with "LINK WHORAGE" as the subject and include a link to the post you want me to consider nominating...  also, please include a link to your post required by the previous step.

  3. Please follow the previous two steps before Tuesday's nomination deadline of 8 PM, Eastern Standard Time.

I will look at all the submissions and then nominate the two posts that I like the most.  When I post the full list of nominations, I'll also list below them up to ten more submitted posts that I feel are the most deserving of an honorable mention...  this list of ten extra posts can't be voted on by council members, but it should help you to garner some attention.

I made the same offer last week, but not many bloggers took me up on it.  Keep in mind...  if you are only one of a dozen (or fewer) people who follow the instructions above, then you are pretty much guaranteed an honorable mention at the very least.  As usual, I will be reposting this announcement on a weekly basis.

Update: To make things easier on yourself, just go ahead and copy the HTML code from this box when making your qualification post.