A Progressive on the Prairie

Thanks John

Usually, it’s the political items that bring visitors to this piece of the blogosphere’s backwoods. Never, however, underestimate the power of science fiction.

John Scalzi posted a one word link (”these”) on his blog of my review of his Hugo-nominated Old Man’s War. Within less than six hours, my blog received as many hits as it normally gets over the course of a couple days. The trend continues today, with the visits as of this posting also exceeding a couple normal days.

And I have since also learned that Scalzi wrote the first post for and named Blogcritics, the online magazine for which I write virtually all of my reviews. I suppose I should thank him for that outlet for my hobby.

Finally, I want to once again plug and recommend Scalzi’s “Being Poor,” which I mentioned here when he posted it last September.

Being poor is people who have never been poor wondering why you choose to be so.

John Scalzi, Being Poor