Of course, it may be that two people voted for me, and one for everyone else, since Daniel said that the total number of voters could be counted on one hand<\/a>. Or perhaps one person voted, and they voted for me? But at least I got the privilege of being caricatured<\/a>. Thanks, Daniel!<\/p>\n The whole ranking thing is meaningless if it is treated as\u00a0anything other than\u00a0a fun bit of pseudo-competition<\/a>. The number of hits\u00a0will not tell how much attention people are paying to what you write. And voting may indicate more about the motivation of a blog\u2019s readers than about the blog itself.<\/p>\n Plus,\u00a0as Dr. Jim Linville suggests<\/a>, all this competitive posturing, even in gest,\u00a0may be one of the reasons that female bloggers avoid our company.<\/p>\n But I\u2019m glad that some<\/a> readers<\/a> have been finding things I\u2019ve posted helpful, meaningful, entertaining, and various other things that I hoped they would be.<\/p>\n And I admit that I find the fact that there is a spoof ranking using the Urim and Thummim<\/a> \u2013 an appropriate Biblical method for evaluating Biblical studies blogs!<\/p>\n Meanwhile, life and blogging go on, and Jim West is already looking for submissions for the next Biblical Studies Carnival<\/a>.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, around the biblioblogosphere, bloggers are making resolutions (for themselves and in some cases for others<\/a>) and sharing intentions for the new year. Ken Schenck<\/a>, Doug Chaplin<\/a>, and\u00a0Michael Halcomb<\/a>\u00a0are among those who have gotten the ball rolling. <\/p>\n
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