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I normally like to keep out of the meta stuff, but this has been a week to remember. I think the training wheels may be coming off of this blog. It's as scary and as thrilling as that first unassisted bike ride, and I've got some meta notes to share.
* Rep. Jim Splaine's diary about a possible December primary got noticed by the Washington Post, who wrote it up on their front page yesterday. Whoa. If ever you wonder whether what you write here in a diary or comment may get noticed, remember that.
* Earlier in the week I was given the opportunity to express my support for Chris Dodd on Air America radio, but I am delighted - and mind numbingly frightened - to announce that I have been given a second tradmed opportunity. This time I'll be on New Hampshire Public Television's NH Outlook discussing blogging in general and BH in particular. It'll be on Sunday at 9:30AM and Monday at 7:30PM, and eventually can be watched online here. Many thanks to host Beth Carroll for preventing me from bolting in the presence of a camera.
* Believe it or not, you lurkers out there have only three more opportunities to get a three digit user number if you decide to register. The number of users on a community blog tends to be a fraction of the lurkers, so I am simply amazed that the big 1000 is on the way (pace the six-digit worldwide civilization that is the Great Orange Satan's site).
* Speaking of the left's most prominent blog, did you all more local readers know that our own Laura is a contributing writer for Daily Kos? If you want to know why I and about half a million other people go there several times every day, it's because of the high quality front page work I see there by MissLaura, Kagro X, and others. In addition, I'm pleased to announce that Mike and I have been asked to crosspost some of our primary-related pieces to Huffington Post's Off the Bus.
* A quick note on advertising: after playing around with some settings, I've now got the adstrip on the right column set to one ad only so that it doesn't push down the recommended and user diaries too much. However, there is an "unlimited" featured sponsor adstrip available in the left column, just below the logo and menu.
* This is the note where I wanted to mention the front pagers like elwood who bring so much intelligence and wit to this place, and the community at large, but I'm afraid there are so many regular diarists and commenters here who make this place so vital and interesting (it's now been a few months since I've been able to even look at everything written here in a given day) that if I mention some and not others I'll never forgive myself. Thanks to you all for making this a place I want to be a part of.
* On November 18th, Blue Hampshire will be one year old.
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