On the subjects of reciprocation, blogrolls, link love, and English lavatorial slang
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Yes, you have to love or hate the title of this blog entry, really. Reciprocation, though, is one of those words I’m almost in love with. It just sounds great when you say it out loud. It means, of course, to respond to a gesture or action by making a corresponding one. You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours (although that makes us all sound like monkeys in a flea-pit vying with each other for who can get the most relief from being bitten by making promises to other monkeys that monkeys just can’t keep).
Reciprocation is, of course, what the horribly-named ‘blogroll’ is all about. How the entire blogosphere came to use a term that clearly rhymes with and stems from ‘bogroll’–UK slang denoting a roll of toilet paper–is a mystery.
tags: bloggers, blogosphere, blogroll, blogs, definitions, Facebook, lavatories, links, loo roll, reciprocation, Toilet, Toilet paper, UK, United Kingdom, wikipediaA freshly stirred Cauldron with new features
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The keen-eyed among you who regularly visit my blog (and whose visits I am always grateful for) will have noticed big changes this week. No more minimalism, in three words. I got bored of all the white space. Forgive me if you liked it but change of all kinds is said by some to be the very reason for, and motivating engine, of existence. Go with the flow, I say.
I truly hope everyone visiting The Spicy Cauldron likes the changes. Here’s a list of them:
- A snazzy new Lijit Search box at the top of the right sidebar allows you to not only search the blog for articles you want to read, but also rummage through my stuff on Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, and other social networking sites.
- Drop-down listings for both categories and monthly archives have returned, and are now located in the left sidebar.
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