Blogroll Realignment

Alas, the Top Twelve has gone away, as has the Second Twelve. I have realigned my LDS blogrolls to roughly match the powerful new MA aggregator, so I now have a list of the 7 Mormon Archipelago blogs, 6 group blogs (the Mainland, plus VSM and FMH), and about a dozen solo blogs (the Isles and Atolls of the Sea). Ever been on a real atoll? Let me tell you, flying into Johnston Atoll on a sunny day will blow your mind. There is no island, it's really just a runway in the middle of the ocean. The purpose of those who lived there, besides destroying chemical weapons, was basically to maintain sanity (if not sobriety) until departure.

Comments

[mike]

i once went to some small islands in tonga which i think could be considered atolls. i just remember the runway taking up the whole width of the island. there was another road running the length of the island, and they'd have to put gates across the road when a plane would come in to keep cars off of the runway. i've never felt so isolated from the rest of the world in my life.

[Steve Evans]

Dave, too bad -- I really liked the top 12/bottom 12. You should reconsider.

[Kim Siever]

I love the new organisation.

[Dave]

Steve, I thought it was unfair for solo blogs to have to compete or be lumped together with group blogs in the Top Twelve.

[William Morris]

I thought it was incredibly fair (but that's just because I liked being so high up on the page).

[Dave]

WM, you're still the top of the solo pack. I probably should have named my blog "A Mormon Inquiry." Or even "AAA Mormon Inquiry," the 'ole towing company phone book trick.

[William Morris]

Yep. That was totally calculated on my part. Not a lucky accident at all.