Comments on: jury’s in: Blawg Review #127 is not guilty of thematic excess http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/09/24/jurys-in-blawg-review-127-is-not-guilty-of-thematic-excess/ breathless punditry and one-breath poetry with David Giacalone Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:58:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: David Giacalone http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/09/24/jurys-in-blawg-review-127-is-not-guilty-of-thematic-excess/comment-page-1/#comment-53411 David Giacalone Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:27:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/09/24/jurys-in-blawg-review-127-is-not-g#comment-53411 Hi, Susan, Thanks for stopping by and giving your perspective. The "does it well" requirement is a big one for me, and I've seen few that meet that standard. For me, the "tapestry" is almost always an awkwardly-constructed, unsolved jigsaw puzzle, with pieces forced into non-existent connections. Mostly, though, my beef is that there is far too much non-nutritious filler, that adds no value and detracts from the important task of spotlighting worthwhile recent blawg offerings. Of course, this is not actually a big issue in my life (not even my weblog life). But, it is fun to tweak my anonymous buddy Ed. Hi, Susan, Thanks for stopping by and giving your perspective. The “does it well” requirement is a big one for me, and I’ve seen few that meet that standard. For me, the “tapestry” is almost always an awkwardly-constructed, unsolved jigsaw puzzle, with pieces forced into non-existent connections. Mostly, though, my beef is that there is far too much non-nutritious filler, that adds no value and detracts from the important task of spotlighting worthwhile recent blawg offerings.

Of course, this is not actually a big issue in my life (not even my weblog life). But, it is fun to tweak my anonymous buddy Ed.

]]> By: Susan Cartier Liebel http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/09/24/jurys-in-blawg-review-127-is-not-guilty-of-thematic-excess/comment-page-1/#comment-53355 Susan Cartier Liebel Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:49:15 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/09/24/jurys-in-blawg-review-127-is-not-g#comment-53355 David, the reason I'm for themes, tasteful and informative themes, is they weave together seemingly disparate posts into a tapestry with an overall design and purpose. It lends itself to being more interesting and focused and I find I am more inclined to click on the links. That being said, not every Blawg Review needs to be themed. But if someone opts to do it and does it well, like many recent Blawg Reviews, what a wonderful treat for me! David, the reason I’m for themes, tasteful and informative themes, is they weave together seemingly disparate posts into a tapestry with an overall design and purpose. It lends itself to being more interesting and focused and I find I am more inclined to click on the links. That being said, not every Blawg Review needs to be themed. But if someone opts to do it and does it well, like many recent Blawg Reviews, what a wonderful treat for me!

]]> By: David Giacalone http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/09/24/jurys-in-blawg-review-127-is-not-guilty-of-thematic-excess/comment-page-1/#comment-53227 David Giacalone Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:20:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/09/24/jurys-in-blawg-review-127-is-not-g#comment-53227 Thank you, Anne. The way you prepared it, I enjoyed eating crow for breakfast. I do wonder if you made a typo (or just a very deep zen-like insight), when you mentioned #8. There is no poem associated with #8. Hmmm. <strong>update</strong> (noonish): Anne has assured me she was referring to the brilliant (<em>editor's note</em>: admittedly inadvertent) omission of a poem with Rule #8 "Pay attention to the quiet ones." Never being smart enough to leave things that work well alone, I did a little "fix" at #8, that I hope does not mess up the original zen moment. Thank you, Anne. The way you prepared it, I enjoyed eating crow for breakfast. I do wonder if you made a typo (or just a very deep zen-like insight), when you mentioned #8. There is no poem associated with #8. Hmmm.

update (noonish): Anne has assured me she was referring to the brilliant (editor’s note: admittedly inadvertent) omission of a poem with Rule #8 “Pay attention to the quiet ones.” Never being smart enough to leave things that work well alone, I did a little “fix” at #8, that I hope does not mess up the original zen moment.

]]> By: Anne Reed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/09/24/jurys-in-blawg-review-127-is-not-guilty-of-thematic-excess/comment-page-1/#comment-53223 Anne Reed Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:07:52 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/09/24/jurys-in-blawg-review-127-is-not-g#comment-53223 This list is beautiful, and #8 downright brilliant. Thanks so much. This list is beautiful, and #8 downright brilliant. Thanks so much.

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