I’m headed off to Chicago in the morning for Samsphere Chicago 2008.
Samsphere is a new media forum, hosted by the Sam Adams Alliance, where bloggers and e-activists from across the country can gather together to network and share ideas. Samsphere will be specifically geared toward bloggers and e-activists who focus on local and state-level politics, and who are dedicated to the principles of individual freedom and limited government.
Check out this list of confirmed attendees:
Name*Blog*Blog Region
Erick Erickson * RedState * National
Allen Fuller * Flat Creek Management * National
John Fund * Wall Street Journal * National
Brad Jones * Face the State * National
Jenn Sierra * Fort Hard Knox * National
Erik Telford * Americans for Prosperity * National
E.M. Zanotti * American Princess * National
Bill Smith * ARRA News Service * Arkansas
Ben DeGrow * Mount Virtus * Colorado
Mark Johnson * ILGOPnet * Illinois
Doug Welch * Stix * Illinois
Bob Weeks * Wichita Liberty * Kansas
Earl Glynn * Kansas Meadowlark * Kansas
Jeff Blanco * Louisiana Conservative * Louisiana
Lance Dutson * Maine Web Report * Maine
Jack McHugh * Mackinac Center * Michigan
Chet Zarko * Outside Lansing * Michigan
Jim Hoft * Gateway Pundit * Missouri
Craig Sprout * Montana Politics * Montana
Chuck Muth * Muth’s Truths * Nevada
Skip Murphy * Granite Grok * New Hampshire
Mario Burgos * Mario Burgos * New Mexico
Maggie Thurber * Thurber’s Thoughts * Ohio
Chris Arps * Oklahoma Political News Service * Oklahoma
Trent Siebert * Tennessee Policy Institute * Tennessee
Leslie Carbone * Leslie Carbone * Virginia
Don Ward * Sound Politics * Washington
Fred Dooley * Real Debate Wisconsin * Wisconsin
tieki rae * Haemet * Wyoming
Chad Everson * Grizzly Groundswell * Minnesota
Steve Sibson * Sibby Online * South Dakota
As a pretty amateur blogger, I’m excited to learn from the best! 
MommyZabs, of mommyzabs.com and notchinamade.net, is an amazingly talented designer.
You may have noticed a couple weeks back that my mom’s Sunflower Desert had a wonderful (custom theme) makeover thanks to MZ and now Haemet has received the same luxury treatment! MZ’s own websites always look creative and professional and she took the few ideas I had of what I wanted Haemet to look like and created the brilliance that you see now. (I’m obviously pleased with her work!)
If you are at all interested in revamping your own blog, contact MZ at her website or through Girly Blog Designz for a price quote.
As a side note, I’m just getting settled into dorm life and classes again. Hopefully more regular blogging will resume since summer madness is over. I’m always better at blogging when I have major papers and projects to procrastinate! 
UPDATE: I’m experiencing some technical difficulties and my comments don’t appear to be working right now. FYI, it’s nothing MZ did, so you should still look into having her design your blog!
UPDATE 2: We still have no idea what’s going on with the comments. However, I did figure out that you can comment if you right-click within the comment box and start typing. I’ve also started a topic on the WP Support Forums, so hopefully the problem will be solved soon.
UPDATE 3: Problem solved. Huge thanks to moshu at the WordPress Support Forum!
Some of you may be under the impression that I have been the laziest blogger ever for the past few weeks. This is patently false. Surely there must be others who post less than once every three weeks? 
This weekend, I decided to make the transition from Haemet Yeshachrer Otcha to ConservaBlogs.com.
I have to admit, the change is a little overwhelming. There is so much I don’t know about blogging and it seems like I’ve joined a rather impressive group of conservative bloggers. Can you say intimidating? At the same time, it is obviously rather exciting.
Over the next couple weeks, I will probably be experimenting quite a bit with themes and widgets, plug-ins and other bloggy things I haven’t the slightest clue about. So, don’t be surprised if Haemet has a face-lift every time you come back.
Hopefully Haemet will be back on track after this switch is completed and I stop changing time zones every couple weeks. I never thought I would say this, but after my insane time in DC — Cornell in the fall is actually sounding pretty nice.
So my blog is being a drama queen and not acting exactly like I want it to. This is just to let everyone know that if something looks a little screwy, I didn’t do it on purpose and I’m probably trying (unsuccessfully) to fix it.
On the to-do list:
- Find my blogroll. I don’t know why it won’t display.
- Figure out how to post a picture (i.e. a Pearls Before Swine strip)that doesn’t get cut off because of my layout.
- Master delayed posting… because as you’ve probably noticed, I blog in spurts and then disappear for days.
- Jazz everything up in general. Not that I have any idea what that means.
Boo.
I was a little tired of the old look and since I’m nearing my 6 month blog anniversary (wow!), I decided to change things up a bit. If any of you more blog-savvy people have some sensational suggestions, let me know. The new picture is of Louis Lake in my lovely Wind River Mountains.
To be honest, the main reason I am giving Haemet a makeover has nothing to do with the 6 month anniversary (but it is a convenient excuse). I actually have about 20 pages worth of papers due next Wednesday and Thursday and I don’t feel like starting them. This is not such a good time to procrastinate since I am going to Washington, D.C. on Saturday afternoon and won’t be back until Tuesday night. However, I have never been one to pass up a good procrastination opportunity!
Anyway, let me know what you think about the new Haemet.
(the new the truth? nice. in hebrew, it would be haemet hahadashah, fyi)
There is a little spot on the Blog Stats page that says, “Search Engine Terms” and “These are the terms people used to find your blog.” You know the one I’m talking about? Well, apparently, “crazy conservative religious articulate” was searched and someone subsequently clicked my blog not once, not twice, not even thrice, but um… four times.
Haha, makes me laugh. I guess I’ve been called worse! =-D
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