To the Left of College Station...

Sphere: Related Content Left of College Station has been a part of the blogosphere for six months, and it has been both an interesting and gratifying undertaking.

I will be taking the next week off for Thanksgiving; I will be taking the time to spend with friends and family. I may be adding and removing a few things from the blog (updating links, adding site badges, ect.), but I will not be posting any new content until December 1st.

I am looking forward to the next sixth months of political blogging, and there are several issues that will be covered over the next several months. Also, there will be some new features added to the blog, so look for new things to come in 2009.

Left of College Station is nominated for four Weblog Awards, Best New Blog, Best Liberal Blog, Best Political Coverage, and Best Hidden Gem. If you could, stop by and lend a + to my score. Voting for selected finalists is scheduled to begin December 8, 2008.

Thank you for reading Left of College Station.

"Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed citizens to change the world. Indeed, it has never been done otherwise."
-Margaret Mead

Local blogs to read during the Left of College Station Thanksgiving hiatus:

A new blog to hit the blogosphere is the Aggie Insurgency which has a focus on local politics and events and began posting in September. This blog has some excellent coverage of the P. David Romei trail, and other local events in and around Bryan-College Station and Texas A&M University.

Prose and Doggerel is a very well written blog by a mechanical engineer and graduate student who is from India and offers a very unique perspective on events both in the United States and abroad.

There are several contributors to Racism Review, and one of them is Joe Feagin, who is a professor at Texas A&M University. This blog is highly recommended; it is one of the most well research, well written, and insightful blogs on the blogosphere. This blog primarily focuses on racism as it relates to culture and politics.

The local GLBT community has a voice in Closet Station, a local blog that focuses on GLBT issues. This blog is written by a Sociology Major at Texas A&M University, who also writes another blog called Constant Variable. I hope this blog continues posting since a voice for GLBT issues on the local blogosphere is very much needed.

Life on the Brazos is an interesting local political blog, when the blogger is actively posting. This blog usually focuses on only local issues and politics.

Stifled Mind is an excellent blog that focused on national and local politics, but there has been no new content since the election, however, I suspect that is because one of the main contributors has moved to Chicago.

View from the Black Hole is a local blog that focuses on national politics, and has some excellent commentary and is one of the best examples of Senator Clinton supporters who enthusiastically voted for Senator Obama.

Unfortunately Lost in College Station, which was a very promising blog, has fallen of the radar. This blogger combines sharp wit and intellect with sarcasm and biting commentary; there are some very good postings that are worth reading.

Turtle Has a New Life is not a political blog, but the blogger does write about politics from time to time, but it is a very interesting local blog written a student who is a transplant from Dallas. She is funny, strange, ridiculous, and insightful.

Another blog that is outside the realm of politics is Simple – Green – Frugal, the subject of this blog could be best described as green in every way. SGF covers topics including conservation, recycling, gardening, cooking and anything else that involves living a simple, green and frugal life.