I love feedback
I encourage everyone who reads this blog to send me feedback via the e-mail address at the right. Very few people do. I did get some feedback last week, though, so on Friday I posted some comments sent in by Nick, which I prefaced by saying, "Since I began <blogging> on August 20, however, I have received no feedback and few hits. I figure that either I have nothing interesting to say, or else my friends just suck." It was quickly brought to my attention that I had actually received feedback from my friend Jeff long before Nick contacted me:
I suck??
I've given you feedback... I said that your links had smart quotes in them. And I said something in passing about Dave Barry.
I've been reading your posts on most days, but I haven't had much time to actually write back in reply. I've gotten as far as writing things like "Yes, good point..." and "I agree..." but nothing too substantial, so I didn't send those.
I have had several conversations in the last two months about my perspective on marriage as a single 30-something and as a youth director. I've realized that I have a fairly unique and healthy view of marriage. I'll jot some thoughts down.
My pastor is currently doing a sermon series on Christian Relationships. Some of the sermons are related to your posts. I'll send you copies of the series when it is done.
Oh, and for the feedback: Keep up the good work! I enjoy the site! I highly recommend your website...I've mentioned it to at least two people. You will soon double or even triple your readership!
Jeff
What he says is true. Jeff was my roommate during the time I was courting my wife, and from that time I learned that he has a healthier view of relationships than most married people. Also, he actually played an essential role in this blog's technical refinements. He alerted me to the problem of the smart quotes that prevented certain links from working. He alerted me to a couple of problems with Internet Explorer's interpretation of this page, for which we have found no explanation and therefore no solution—please take a stand against shoddy software and download Netscape, Opera, or Safari (the best browser in existence, but it only works on Mac OS X, the best operating system in existence). And he alerted me to the reason Dave Barry ignores me: "Dave Barry doesn't want to talk with you because you said 'buttload'." He's probably right.
In this past week, I also received feedback from my parents. They both think I'm brilliant, though my mother may change her mind when she reads the Dave Barry post in which I said "buttload."
I want to say a special thank you to Chris Noble over at The Noble Pundit. I've been enjoying his political/economic/societal blog for several months now, and today I realized that he has added me to his blogroll (the list of blogs on the left-hand side of the page). It's my first piece of validation from the blogging community, and I am grateful.
