Carnivalesque

[highlyeccentric]

The current issue of Carnivalesque (Ancient/Medieval Edition) is up at A Corner of Tenth Century Europe. Carnivalesque is a monthly Blog Carnival devoted, on a bi-montly basis, to either Early Modern topics, or to Ancient and Medieval topics concurrently. Jonathan has organised the carnival into handy blocks- 'the ancients'; 'in the ground'; 'death; 'sex'; and 'medievalists looking back'. If any of these tickle your procrastinatory fancy, head on over and check it out.

Jonathan was kind enough to give me *two* plugs :) Although he did suggest that my blogging over at The Naked Philologist remains 'more eccentric than naked'. How's he to know what state I blog in, I ask you? Furthermore, in the 'sex' section, he seems to think that I might not invest in the strictest safety measures when getting tied up in scandalous middle english subtext. I feel my honour has been slighted.

That aside, Jonathan is an excellent bloke, who defines blog success in these terms:

You see, this is success, this is. I started this blog about eighteen months ago, it struggled in obscurity for a while, and then recently it’s netted me two invitations to submit papers and praise from bloggers generally at Kalamazoo and now I have erudite women cracking bondage gags—er, jokes—in my comments.

So far, there's only JLJ and I holding up that last standard. If you have conference invitations, praise, or bondage jokes to add to the mix, I'm sure he'd be delighted.

Comments

[blackbuttoneyes.livejournal.com]

(non-nationally specific military salute) One must do one's duty to the blogosphere.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

We need a Blogger's Salute, no?

[blackbuttoneyes.livejournal.com]

We do! I wonder if there's a way to spell 'l33t' with one's fingers.