Munuviana

I for one plan to become bigger than Instapundit, but if that happens, you can always kick me off or start charging me.

I'd never kick you off!

Instapundit-level bandwidth would cost me around $20 per month, so you wouldn't need to rattle the tip jar very hard to cover it (My current server is cheap, but it only comes with 100GB of bandwidth a month. For twice as much money I can get ten times the bandwidth, but so far I don't need it. These blogs use only a few GB per month, total.)

Now where was I? Oh yes, bunnies...

Yay!!!! Recent Comments!!!!! You truly are a Geek God, oh Lambent Landlord and Keeper of the Templates of Munuvia...

Anyway, twenty or so Munuvians plus Munuviana would make a nice round 21 blogs...

I am a firm believer in the-more-the-merrier (perhaps that comes of having six siblings and learning to share at a young age...)

And I like the munu logo, but could it be green or blue? I'm not much of a red person....

(a poll! a poll on the color!)

I was going to do it in a range of colours... Like so.

That was something I, too, was wondering about. One of the questions I would have proposed to Pixy later was: What qualifies as a Munuvian? It seems most of the munu blogs are what I call "Slice of Life" blogs--someone writing about his or herself and what interests them. It comes out pretty cool: Jennifer writes about history, Ted about rockets, Pixy writes about everything, and Susie writes about us all. Apparently we're her life!

Most of the non slice of life blogs I look at are political in nature, and conservative American at that--the Patriette falls into that category, as does The Blather Review (unless I'm reading his blog wrong--it might be slice of life with conservative leanings, and your political leanings are part of your life so they get posted every now and then). Contrast most munu blogs with The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, which is pretty much pure politics.

I started out as a political blogger, but I found myself enjoying S of L blogs more.

I'm concerned with what Munuvia becomes. I'm pretty sure most Munuvians are pretty conservative in political leanings; does this mean if we run across a well-written liberal blog that we not invite them?

(I, for one, hope not. I enjoy something written well, even opposing viewpoints.)

I almost proposed The Patriette, but I wasn't sure what criteria was used to offer someone citizenship.

So, to answer Pixy's question: I think Munuvia will grow to be the size it grows to. By that I mean I think we'll know when to stop inviting people.

Oh, and Pixy: What tip jar? I've no problem with paying for my supper.

Believe me, you'd prefer that to my singing for it.

Blue will be loverly on my blog, thank you. Of course, you'll post instructions on how to add it for those of us who are technotards, right?

Pixy Misa is the bestest!!!!

I would not call myself a "conservative." I try to stay away from politics on my blog so you might not know what I am.

I don't think we're in any real danger of becoming a niche of one sort or another...these are just the blogs that run in Pixy's circles, I think.

Sorry Jennifer. OK, we're mostly conservative, except for Jenn who is an anarchist.

Very astute, Victor

Yes, most of us are on the same side of the fence politically. That doesn't mean that a sensible liberal wouldn't be welcome - any more than Calvinists or rat-fanciers or Ethel worshippers.

We don't want any idiotarians, of course. But someone like, say, Michael Totten would fit right in.

And yes, I don't want to flood Munuvia with poliblogs, but that doesn't mean that smart, well-written poliblogs aren't welcome.

Though I do like the slice-of-life stuff best - as exemplified by the Great Lileks.

We got Calvinists here?

Just the one

I take it I am the Ethel worshipper?

It's a fair cop...

Anyway, Hurray!!!!!! I put the blue munu on PP and clicked it and here I am!

Yay!

I prefer to be a called an independent trouble-maker.

I put the button up but it has a weird border on it.

Add border=0 to the img tag.

I'm glad I got the one with the shadow...it's cool!

Thanks, Pixy.

Cool! No time to play in my template now cuz I have to go to work, but I will change it when I get home tonight...

Victor, if you're reading my blog wrong it's only because I planned it that way.
Poli-philosophically, I call myself a social-federalist just to confuse people! hee hee!
I do tend to post the most about political stuff, but it's mostly in a legal context (I'm a frustrated constitutional lawyer), but I also occassionally blather on about house pets - and pests - and even a recipe or two here and there. (Tim wanted the pumpkin cheesecake recipe, I'm saving it for October!).

I hope Munuvia stays as a rather cozy group...though I'm not sure what number I'd put on it.
How about we freeze invitations at 13 (akin to the original 13 colonies), then admit others only according to some kind of super-secret and brutal hazing ritual, complete with traumatic rites of passage and humiliating truth-or-dare sessions?

That reminds me of the "initiations" we girls on the dorm's fourth floor used to do to the guys who lived on the third floor....

Susie, did you get any pictures?