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.
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.