There is a Canadian Carnival. There is a Christian Carnival. There is now a Catholic Carnival.
Carnivals are weekly or bi-weekly collections of blog posts.
They are self-submitting, which makes sense. A blogger has an opportunity to showcase a post they like on another blog so it will be more widely read.
A carnival is a collection of [...]

Fidler on the Roof is doing a marriage survey for a book that is to be released by Relevant Books in 2005.
The book is Adventures In Holy Matrimony and the survey is about mental illness and how it affects marriage.
If you’d like to take part, the link is here.
Julie doesn’t define mental illness - [...]

Superblessed is holding his annual blog awards again.
He commented on the last two he has run.
Yet, I also received some not-so-nice mail from folks who said certain blogs were left out.
Here we go again.
My Favorite Christian Blog of the Year 2002 Bene Diction pointed out that when I launched the Christian Awards, it was during [...]

When you threaten bloggers, and and other bloggers notice and speak up, what are you going to do in response?
Maybe as Warren Kinsella muses there were hundreds and hundreds of posts, in response to his threats, but I doubt the numbers. He isn’t that important to the average blogger. His legal threats directed at four [...]

The Guardian won’t be asking readers to send letters to US voters anymore.
Between Guardian sites getting hacked and the anger of US voters and widespread complaints, the project has been halted.
The cancellation of the project came 24 hours after the first of some 14,000 letters from Guardian readers began arriving in Clark County. The missives [...]

During flu season most hospitals restrict outside access. But infection control specialists know that one of their biggest battles is super bugs - bacteria that flourishes in a hospital environment.
Quebec hospitals are looking at an alarming death rate from Clostridium difficile.
The prevalence of the bacteria in Quebec hospitals was brought to public attention in August, [...]

There are three entry points in Canada for international mail. Vancouver British Columbia, Toronto Ontario, and Halifax Nova Scotia.
As security continues to tighten up, Canada Post announced yesterday that letters and packages have to be addressed properly.
No more mail coming through To Grampa or From Uncle Joe at 1 Main Street or Bene Diction c/o.
I [...]

A couple of months ago I got an email.
It was from Real Live Preacher, letting me know Eerdman’s was giving him some copies of his upcoming book to give away. And he wanted me to have one.
What stood out for me was how disarming his email was.
Wonderful first time author stuff. There was no sales [...]