A couple of weeks ago, I discussed the laudable Pajamas Media contest of Labeling the X21s, those heretofore unclassed persons who are neither conservative nor liberal. The P.J. people have narrowed the submissions down to thirteen contenders, and are inviting the public to vote on the best. To aid you in your voting, I will inform you why “HYBRIDS” is best.
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It has been noted in Oklahoma and elsewhere, that Oklahoma boasts more good blogs than one would expect from the state’s population. Does this assertion stand up to analysis? And if so, what is the reason for this superiority? My answers are in this excerpt from my “Introduction to Blogging” workshop, at the Okie Blogger Round-up on Sept. 23. Nobody shot video, but I combined still images with an edited audio recording to re-create what the Okie blogger attendees enjoyed that day.

I posted another excerpt, “The History of Blogging,” yesterday.

The audio is an edited excerpt of the recording by Bill Bauer. The images are taken from my own slideshow, plus the photos posted at the Okie Blogger Round-up Flickr page, by Kevin Latham, Michael Bates, Don Danz, and Bill Bauer. Thanks, guys.

If you want to embed this movie into your own web page, you may use this code: