Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.             ~ Thornton Wilder Last week, a friend posed the question Why I Blog. (Why Do You?) The post was perfectly timed, because I had been struggling with the premise behind this blog for the past few weeks. Technorati's 10 most popular blogs as of November 22, 2009 Lately I have become disenchanted with the blogsphere, by the mere corporatization of the blogging world and its community. I no longer consider the top blogs blogs. I consider them internet magazines, run by staff, featuring multiple writers, subject to corporate scrutiny, and driven by profit. Little by little, I found myself glancing over their headlines, ignoring them, then unsubscribing to some altogether. I...

Thank you to all who entered my custom illustration giveaway! I received a whooping 178 entries total: 76 via comments (I subtracted 2 since I commented twice) and 102 via Twitter. I numbered the comments 1-76, and the Twitter entries 77-178. Then I used Random.org to choose the lucky winner...