Independence Day, 2008

Greetings

We're small...no one knows us...but we don't care. The editors here at the BL RAG are dedicated to making this site a place interesting to varying viewpoints and various interests. Expect to see additional enhancements and changes as we learn and grow. 

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News

Regular visitors and site members have probably noticed some of the layout changes here at the BL RAG over the past couple of weeks. Skinnydipinacid designed our new logo, and Wes suggested the other noticeable layout changes (wider margins and a better situated menu). 

Speaking of Wes, we've been remiss in announcing his joining the site editor staff. Please welcome him the next time you comment on one of his threads.

Site Additions

News: We're going to start running more straight news snippets as well as opinion on the Front Page.  And of course, you'll still have the biting journals of Redbeard, Skinny, and Winston to go along with our new co-conspirator, Wes.   

Expect regular Caption Contests in the Distortion section.

For members, a somewhat Not Safe For Work section (NSFW), The Wild West, has been activated. Blame Skinny for its activation!  Note that the general public cannot view this new section, and members must login to see it, or comment. Members should be forewarned that the content thus far is primarily male-dominated sexist T & A (we have no female editors at the site -- where are you, Karen-O, to provide your blogette goddess sense of balance?) .

Notes on Existing Sections

For the sports fan, Skinny is keeping the BL World up to date with his manic humor and sometimes cynical Cub-view in the Sports section. It was a dark hour indeed when the fabled Goat Curse was uttered...

Music: Yeah, we're actually branching out a little and producing a few music videos for new and upcoming area bands (Washington DC - Los Angeles). Expect to see more over the next few weeks and months in the Music section. We hope to present new bands on a regular basis. And, of course, we'll still present music videos from established acts (I know, it's mainly punk -- we'll be running regular Oldies, Classicial, Country, Jazz, and other special interest music videos as we get settled in with our call letters in the cyberspace musical Blog Land domain).

Movies: Expect periodic movie and television reviews as well as offbeat artistic criticisms in the Movies section. 

Saturday Cartoons: Felix the Cat and his varied group of friends will continue to grace the pages of the Distortion section, as well as game videos, satire, comedy, and weird events and activities caught on film.

Scribblings and Original Articles: We'll have some new pieces up here in the next week or so...poetry, and who knows, perhaps a bit of fiction. Bozio has an upcoming piece on the rather delicate (and soon-to-be-regulated) subject of obesity.

Other Site changes

Some of the menu items have been re-ordered. I've removed the Opera section for awhile (although old entries will still be preserved). The section will be re-opened once I have time to do it correctly: probably late summer.

The Future

Contributor's Section: Around mid-July we'll be opening a new section to members that will allow them to post their own blog topics and threads. We'll move the more interesting or newsworthy contributions to the Front Page. 

The Server: Finally...we purchased our own dedicated server recently (a powerhouse), and have a dedicated hosting service but due to unforeseen and unhappy circumstances we have had to delay its installation for a still-indetermine time. We hope to have it up and running soon, and once we do, you'll see a gradual migration to a new host with expanded capabilities and a vast realm of new features.

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We're getting there. Now, if we only knew where where is.

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