Oot and Aboot with Some Canadian Skeptic

Today, this silly little skeptic blog turns three.  It no longer uses a diaper, and I expect you all to buy it a tricycle.

Three years ago today, I launched this blog for three reasons:
1) There didn't seem to be a significant Canadian Skeptic community at the time (or I simply couldn't find much)

2) I read Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy, and wanted to get active.  Phil was one of the first commenters on this blog, and it was really flattering to my young-skeptic blog to read his support.

3) I wanted to learn how to be a better writer. I was a regular astronomy columnist for my university paper, and I felt it was time I branched out.

Over the course of the last year and a half, this blog has seen a lower content output than is perhaps ideal, mainly because I put much of my writing in Skeptic North.  However, this blog has seen a recent spike of content, my Infographics for Skeptics series, and I'll always think of this blog as my first home.

My one regret with this blog:  Blogger.  It's a fine platform to start a blog (especially if you're like me and know very little about web design), but once you want to expand, it is severely limiting.  I can switch to Wordpress now if I want, but when one switches platforms, one also loses internal links (when I link to my own blog entries).  If there can be an easy (and I do mean easy) porting tool that allows me to leave Blogger, I'll happily switch.  If Blogger upgrades their software to be more Wordpress-esque, I'll happily stay.  If nothing changes, I'll grudgingly stay.

Anyway, enough shameless self-congratulations.  Onwards, and upwards...and...outwards?  Whatever.  Thanks for reading, and thanks for following me on Twitter! ;)




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