Blogroll Dive #1

Introducing what I hope will become a regular feature here at the imbroglio—the Blogroll Dive, in which I click through some of the links in the blogroll on the left and share with you brief bits about what's up with these people. So, without further ado, the Blogroll Dive for today, the mostly-GW edition:

• Idlegrasshopper: Going on “near-permanent hiatus.” I hate it when that happens—especially to a fellow GW blogger.
• Jack&Coke: Also bailed. Come on people! Where's your commitment? Your dedication to the cause!?
• Life,Law, Libido (or L-Cubed, for short): Also gone, and that is the deepest cut off all. Scott has been around for years (although unless I'm missing something, he's left us no link to his archives). I have begun to understand, I think, the types of forces that lead 3Ls and new J.D.s to stop blogging, but it's still a loss to see people like this stop tapping the keyboard for us. Best to you, Scott, and thanks!
• Caravan4Christmas: Ok, here's the dedication to the cause. “I am learning a lot about building an organization from the ground up.” Sounds challenging, but she's still going strong.
• Actusreus: He posts infrequently, but it's always great. Check back once a month just in case he's posted a new satirical gem.
• Extreme Indifference to Human Life: Reckless Murder likes the baseball.
• A Mad Tea-Party: Leaving the GW blawgosphere for some delightful news: Alice is back! Hers was one of the first law blogs I read and loved, but after posting only rarely for many months, then not at all for many more, she officially retired last March. Now, although she's not returning to the Tea Party, she's started a new blog that appears to be part personal, part professional. Oh, and she's not Alice anymore, she's Brandy. Apparently, she's always been Brandy, but, well, only a few knew. And Brandy is a happy lawyer, which is why she's decided to reveal her identity and start a new blog:

  So, what's the point of me saying all this now? It's that you can take the traditional legal industry and career paths and unhappiness and walk away from it. Despite what everyone in law school tells you, you are not doomed to that particular life. You don't need it, not for your career, and not for yourself, and certainly not for the people around you. And your clients sure as hell don't need it. Happy lawyers are good lawyers.

  Congratulations, Brandy/Alice! I'd thought many times over the last months and even years of removing the Tea Party from the blogroll, but now I'm very glad I didn't!

Now how's that for a happy endnote for this Blogroll Dive? I was getting worried this was going to be a mostly sadness, “everyone is killing their blogs!” roundup, but, well, there's always some good with the bad, right?

Posted September 19, 2005 11:24 AM | blogrolldiving