Reviewing the 14-Year-Old Blogroll

(My God, my blogroll is older than the girls trump and Epstein like!!)

It's been a while, so I figured I would see which blogs I blogrolled were still active.

I also have two new ones to add, when I get energetic enough to update the blogroll, FireLawBlog (firelawblog.com, duh...). Attorney and retired chief officer Curt Varone's fascinating and informative analyses of legal problems affecting the fire service. The second is Statter911 (statter911.com, of course), by retired newsman Dave Statter... a great way to keep track of news of importance to the fire service. Pay special attention to his SMACSS pieces -- Social Media-Assisted Career Suicide Syndrome (similar to Chief Varone's YCMTSU category).

Political
BadTux, but he's at a new address: https://snarkypenguin.wordpress.com/
Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo, https://xnerg.blogspot.com/
Mustang Bobby, https://barkbarkwoofwoof.com/
Blue Gal, http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com/
Jurassic Pork, http://welcomebacktopottersville.blogspot.com/
Mock, Paper, Scissors, https://mockpaperscissors.com/


Medical
Ambulance Driver, http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/
Rescuing Providence, http://rescuingprovidence.com/ (Providence lost a great firefighter/medic when Michael retired)
The Happy Medic, http://happymedic.com/



Apparently Defunct
Ambulance Ranger
Firegeezer
Life Under the Lights
My Two Cents
White Noise Insanity

I Had Better Luck Than Atrios!

When Blue Girl invited me to post at WTWC and I went to sign in, Blogger presented me with an (undeclinable) "opportunity" to transfer my blog to the "new and improved*" Blogger. Since I didn't have a choice, I did it.

To my surprise, Blogger didn't eat my blog. Unlike Atrios, I didn't get Bloggered, I didn't have to start a temporary blog till Blogger regurgitated my "real" one. Nothing.

It went smoothly.

*In an article entitled "Cliches To Avoid Like The Plague", CSO Magazine has this to say about "new and improved":

These words are actually contradictory. Is it new? Or is it old but improved? But you used three words instead of one. Who can argue with that?

Who'dathunk you could find a quote like that at a magazine for Chief Security Officers?