I've finally done some long overdue spring cleaning on the Peculiarities section of the sidebar. AfricaPundit, alas, is long defunct; we can only hope for his return. The Head Heeb is still going strong, but I seldom check him; he's still a worthy blogger, though. Renee Perelmutter has been very little active of late, but she remains something too good to give up on (remember her Bulgarian dragons?).

New additions include SummitPost, the Wikipedia of mountaineering; the indispensible Languagehat; Jabal al-Lughat, an excellent blog on Middle-Eastern liguistics and esoterica; and three sites of semi-abstract landscape art. Enjoy!