Blogger, Koufax, etc.

As some of you may know, Blogger was down for much of yesterday, and, if you tried to view The Reaction, you may have encountered one of those nasty unavailable/forbidden messages. For some reason, this blog was indeed unavailable at least until late last night.

These things happen, I suppose, but, thankfully, everything seems to be back up and running today. I'll start posting again soon (so keep checking back) -- although, as a long-time and extraordinarily enthusiastic Steelers fan, I obviously have certain other things on my mind today. On that note, I hope you all have a happy and safe Super Bowl Sunday (whether you're a football fan or not, whether you intend to watch the game or not).

For those of you who are new, or relatively new, to The Reaction -- welcome. I generally write 2-8 posts a day on a wide range of topics/issues, and the last two weeks of posts are available here on the front page. So I encourage you to scroll down and/or to check out the links to past posts on the right sidebar, including the archives and my Signs of the Apocalypse series.

This blog has been nominated so far for two Koufax Awards (hosted by Wampum) -- Best New Blog and Most Deserving of Wider Recognition -- and I'd like to congratulate my all my fellow nominees, thank those who nominated me, and say that, win or lose, it's wonderful to be part of such a friendly and supportive community of bloggers. I've met some great people out here in the blogosphere, readers and fellow bloggers alike, some who have become good friends, some whom I've had the pleasure of getting to know only recently, and I look forward to meeting more of you.

More posts are coming -- indeed, I see that my co-blogger Grace has just written a great one on the Danish editorial cartoon scandal. (It's right below this one.)

See you soon.