About Today’s Posts

I know that today’s posts were brief and didn’t have the analysis or commentary that I usually provide, and I thought I’d offer an explanation.

There are some days when, for a variety of reasons, I’m not able to do a usual day’s blogging. Last night it was because I had to preside over a 3-hour board meeting of my square dance club (you’d be amazed how much business a club’s board needs to discuss!), and it took up my usual blog time.

I thought about putting up a Blog Day Off post, but I don’t like leaving regular visitors with nothing new to read or discuss if I can avoid it, so I decided to do an "Instapundit Day." I figured, Instapundit can get away with running one of the biggest blogs there is (FAR bigger than mine) by providing brief entries, so–even though it’s not what JA.O readers are used to–perhaps I can avoid some Blog Days Off (at least some of them) by doing brief entries like those I used today.

I hope the experiment was successful (or at least preferable to the alternative) and provided some interesting food for thought and discussion.

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

13 thoughts on “About Today’s Posts”

  3. I like it, as long as you keep the mix between extended entries and these shorter blips. I would just caution against too many short posts on any given day because then it is hard to keep up. But a few short posts is great.

  4. Totally understandable. Drudge Report is similar; points are always taken. Do whatever. You’ll write the good in-depth stuff when it comes. Don’t worry over it.

  7. I prefer the longer posts but when you don’t have time, I don’t mind this at all. Actually, if you want to sprinkle these shorter posts with the longer ones, that would be even better!

  8. Giacinto,
    I personally love the longer posts myself.
    However, it seems with all the responsibilities that Jimmy has undertaken, I don’t know if Jimmy can sustain efforts to maintain a regular schedule of his more beloved longer posts.
    Jimmy,
    Please don’t tell us these shorter postings are a foreshadowing of things to come!?!??

  9. Is shorter posts secret project number 5?
    Just kidding, I can’t read you every day so I can’t see how you can post “most” days. God Bless you and all who visit this board.
    Bob

  11. Actually, Jimmy, as much as I love the longer posts, ditto what SteveL said above.
    Don’t spread yourself too thin, brother!
    God bless you!

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