Edged in Blue

This week marks Happy UK Spin-Off Week, with Canada Day and Independence Day on Tuesday and Friday respectively.  The former celebrates the day when Britain realized it was easier to let North America run itself than to do it from London; the latter recalls a time not too dissimilar from today, when an overtaxed people, deprived of their rights, told an idiot named George to go screw himself.  (Britain itself followed suit during the Madison Administration, replacing George III with Hugh Laurie.)  Also, this is the week I have to clean out the condo so my cat-allergic wife can move in.

Bottom line.  No one’s reading right now, and I’m too busy to write.  So the blog is shuttered until Monday, when I have more time, energy, and…  hopefully, readers.

See you next week.

Until then, here’s a gratuitous photo of my wife in her wedding dress…

Next week, I begin my trek to scenic Gatlinburg, Tennessee, where I will dive once more into the murky waters of matrimonial bliss with the lovely Nita. To call it a whirlwind romance is an understatement.

We’ll be staying at a cabin in the woods that week with no Internet or cell phone access, my favorite kind of vacation. Which means you get to take over the blog. So send me your request on any topic by Friday, and I will time delay posts about the five best requests.

Back on the old Northcoast Exile, I would periodically do Reader Request Week, usually to get posts in the can to show up in weeks while I was away.

I liked that concept and have decided to bring it back, only on an on-going basis.  So if you have a topic you want my (totally unqualified) opinion about, use the comments section and have at.  When something strikes my fancy, I’ll post about it.

“Take down the blog” is not a valid request.  It is, however, grounds for IP banning.

We here at Edged in Blue are very sorry we let Joel’s latest Momentary Lapse slip through our stringent quality control.  It violates our strict “No Phallic Mascot Photos” policy, instituted on the old Typepad blog after J found himself in the men’s room at BWI only to have Senator Larry Craig* knock on the stall next to him.

As such, we are hereby suspending Joel and will not allow him to post again until next Saturday.  We regret any inconvenience this has caused and would like to offer readers free use of the comment section to post the flatulence joke of their choice.  Have at.

*Or was it Dick Cheney?  We always get those two confused.

Edged in Blue would like to welcome The Awful Show’s Joel.

Joel does a weekly feature on the show called “A Momentary Lapse with Joel.” That was almost the title of this blog except Joel started doing his lapses on the show late summer of 2006.

And anyway, my name’s not Joel.

What is a Momentary Lapse?

It’s… um… well….

Why don’t I let him show you later today.

This has been a Monumental Lapse in Judgement with J.

Thank you.

Welcome to Edged in Blue,

the new Internet blatherarium of J Winter.

Still working on the site, getting the hang of WordPress. For instance, I don’t think the text is supposed to center like this. I kinda like it, though, so I’m leaving this post as is.

The Blogroll is still a bit anemic. There are a number of writers whom I owe links, writers who’ve provided sound advice, important connections, and a couple of nude pics on the old blog. So sit back and relax while I finish settling into the new place. I promise you, it’s going to be a completely new blog.

With plenty of the old one thrown in for good measure.