Welcome New Subscribers and Followers!

Folks, for two days in a row the number of subscribers to this blog has been holding steading above the 300 mark according to Feedburner, along with those who follow me via Twitter (now over 500) and Facebook (35). Since I consider that a milestone, I want to take this opportunity to share some personal thoughts as well as share with you some points on using this site:

1. First and foremost: thank you. I am humbled that you have chosen Vivificat! as a site you will visit and/or read periodically. I realize you have thousand of other choices, yet you have chosen to stick with me for a while. I can't promise that you and I will agree on everything all the time but, even when we disagree, I hope we can still be friends.

2. A lot of the growth has taken place after the latest redesign, an inspired one carried by one George Weis of Tekeme.com. George is awesome and I don't hesitate to recommend him to you for your own blog design needs. His work speaks for itself: it is beautiful, meaningful, contemplative, and efficient. Kudos and congrats and my heartfelt thanks to George.

3. All external hyperlinks are now charged with "Snapshots." If you want to see where a given hyperlink is leading you to, hover your mouse over it and a picture of the target URL should pop up. I find this feature useful to explore the blogs on my blogrolls, since their RSS feed windows usually open and I can scan what they are talking about at the moment, without leaving my page - unless of course, I choose to read what they are saying. Try it, and I know you'll find it useful.

4. I Tweet. How couldn't I? In fact, I Tweet more than I blog because I usually can conjure up something 140 characters long or less faster than I can write a longer, well-considered post. My latest Tweets are displayed on the right sidebar. Click here if you wish to follow me on Twitter.

5. Vivificat has a Facebook presence via Networked Blogs. If you have a Facebook presence, you may follow Vivificat there. Now, if you want to follow me on Facebook, I am usually a little bit more picky as to who I "friend" in Facebook. Don't let that deter you. Send me a request via my Vivificat page in Facebook and we'll talk.

6. I'm also in MySpace, although I don't use that service a whole lot. But I am more liberal receiving friends there, so try me!

7. The Comments Box are at your disposal. I only have two interrelated rules: no obscenities, no blasphemies. A blasphemy is injurious speach against God; obscenity is, well, I can't describe it but I know it when I see it. Other than that, pretty much everything else goes. You are responsible for what you say, not me. My only advise is that if you don't want people to think you a fool, don't write foolish things!

That's it for now! And again, thank you for making Vivificat a place to visit in your blog-surfing. May the Good Lord bless us all.