Mike has tips for new bloggers from a seasoned old hack. He’s been going a looong ole time, although I note with horror from the sidebar that it’s been two years since I started.

There’s a good-looking new Lib Dem website. These forums seem to be springing up hither and yon. Does anyone have time to do all of them? And why .org and not .org.uk? Creator Rob Fenwick seems to be having trouble this avo on his blog.

Iain seems to think like a Lib Dem on prison reform. A new institute is being set up to rebut the Howard League‘s views on the penal system, called Prison Works. A wag in Iain’s comments suggests it sounds like the Michael Howard League.

Did you know I’ve been keeping a public food diary on Fitday?  Dogwood Tales says Richard Herring started the trend. I haven’t remembered to fill it in every day. I ‘fessed up on Leigh’s posting about edging towards 13st, and I’m much closer to 15, if not over. I can’t remember if Leigh is taller than me or not. The fitday website is free, but only knows about American foods and weights, which means telling it your weight in pounds not stones, and having to find alternative ways of telling it about English chocolate, cereal and the occasional thing like sultanas, which apparently they don’t have the States. Alternatively, you could import US candy… or just not eat it.

It seems people have better personalities than me. Leigh is extravert and neurotic (who knew?). Matt is extremely conscientious. Well, actually, Matt is extremely everything, which fits, except agreeable, which doesn’t really.  Dogwood’s graph looks a little different, but continues with the trend of being more conscientious.