Why am I blogging when I should be sleeping? I blame Callimachus over at Done With Mirrors. He started blogging just a little before I did, and is doing a much better job of it let me tell you. He’s one of those bloggers who I instantly realized would do me a world of good to read regularly. I added him to my feed list and let Feedreader accumulate yummy political, etymological and comedy goodness. Tonight, I noticed his series on Wilson and Wilsonians (1,2,3,4, 5) and I admit I was intrigued, but I was actually sidetracked into reading his posts on Iraq and Viet Nam. He is a former liberal, but not quite a conservative (and as an etymologist, he rightly points out that those labels are nearly devoid of meaning, or at least are no longer useful for describing or comparing anything. Callimachus is also managing editor at a small-town newspaper near Lancaster or Reading, PA (which, by sheer coincidence, I will be visiting on behalf of work for 5 days next week-end). His job gives him access to the wire services allowing him to post entries like this one comparing the wire services’ photo coverage of the Syrian pullout of Lebanon.
At any rate, I just wanted to point out a member of my blogroll that I have been aware of for a long time, but never really got to know. Well, now I did and you should too (not that I seem to have any readers in my new home yet).