"What's New" Archive: 2009
31 December 2009 -- Edited Publications page and converted it to an index page for Publications subpages based on category. Created new Publications subpages based on category: Letters to the Editor, Newspaper Columns, Essays, Literary Commentary, Poetry, and Addendum. Edited Site Map to reflect new pages.
30 December 2009 -- Added entry to Guestbook: 30Dec09.
28 December 2009 -- Edited all Connections pages and verified links.
27 December 2009 -- Edited links page for Conservative Atheist and Agnostic Connections. Added entry to Guestbook: 27Dec09.
26 December 2009 -- Added entry to Guestbook: 26Dec09.
22 December 2009 -- Added entry to Guestbook: 21Dec09.
19 December 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: Web Geni Excellent Content Award.
16 December 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: Web Masters Ink Web Site Award.
15 December 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: Annie's Treasure Box Award.
14 December 2009 -- Edited and moved Guestbook entries to complete Guestbook Archive: Volume 27; edited Guestbook Central and Guestbook Archive: Volume 26 to reflect addition to Archives. Edited Site Map to reflect new page. Added Site Index entry for William J. Murray and edited entry for Madalyn Murray O'Hair.
16 November 2009 -- Edited select entries in Literary Commentary section of Publications; added text to discussion board posts for English 105, Introduction to Narrative, a freshman literature course taught by Gerry Canavan, in order to implicate him as my instructor on the occasion of his 30th birthday:
 On the "Hallelujah Giant" in Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
On Jeanette's Mother in Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Dr. Felix Hoenikker in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle: Good or Evil?
Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle and the Journey of the Dead Man
"Understanding" Postmodernism
Approaching Joe Wenderoth's "Letters to Wendy's"
7 November 2009 -- Added two entries to Guestbook: 5Nov09, 2Nov09 (apparently comparing me to Zaphod Beeblebrox in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with my response).
10 October 2009 -- Added four entries to Guestbook: 9Oct09, 3Oct09 (regarding my haiku published on this site, with my response), 28Sep09, 22Sep09.
12 September 2009 -- Added three entries to Guestbook: 12Sep09, 10Sep09, 7Sep09.
29 August 2009 -- Added entry to Guestbook: 21Aug09 (apparently from Willam J. Murray, who visited my remembrance of meeting his late, estranged mother, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, with my response).
15 August 2009 -- Amended my response to regular visitor John T. Jernigan's Guestbook entry of 7 June 2008 concerning the 2008 presidential campaign to which I had responded per his request; includes my take on McCain, Clinton, and Obama, as well as my prediction. Added Site Index entry for Barack Hussein Obama.
27 July 2009 -- Added entry to Guestbook: 27Jul09 (concerning the reporting of open homosexuals in the military, with my response).
26 July 2009 -- Added five entries to Guestbook (all adapted from Facebook messages regarding my 1999 column, First moon landing in 1969 marked an entire generation): 21Jul09b, 21Jul09a, 20Jul09b, 20Jul09a, 19Jul09.
18 July 2009 -- Added entry to Guestbook: 7Jul09.
15 July 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: Michael's Award of Excellence.
3 July 2009 -- Added three entries to Guestbook: 3Jul09, 30Jun09 (from an e-mail sent by a visitor who took some pleasure in Christian Nihilism in George Herbert's "Death", with my response), 25Jun09 (from a kilt fetishist, with my response).
24 June 2009 -- Added entry to Guestbook: 23Jun09.
2 June 2009 -- Added two entries to Guestbook: 7May09, 5May09.
2 May 2009 -- Added three entries to Guestbook: 2May09 (concerning Madalyn Murray O'Hair, with my response), 15Apr09, 13Apr09.
20 April 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: Diskus Award.
3 April 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: Moon Award.
1 April 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: Pondering Award. Added six entries to Guestbook: 1Apr09d, 1Apr09c, 1Apr09b, 1Apr09a, 31Mar09, 27Mar09.
25 March 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: Timelines Award of Excellence.
23 March 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: Gadzillion Award.
22 March 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: NEOVIZION Web Site Award (2009).
21 March 2009 -- Added four entries to Guestbook: 21Mar09, 20Mar09b, 20Mar09a, 17Mar09.
16 March 2009 -- Added "COPPA Notice" to Homepage, Contact Page, Guestbook Central, and Guestbook Form.
15 March 2009 -- Added three entries to Guestbook: 15Mar09, 14Mar09b, 14Mar09a.
13 March 2009 -- Added three entries to Guestbook: 13Mar09, 12Mar09b, 12Mar09a.
12 March 2009 -- Edited and moved Guestbook entries to complete Guestbook Archive: Volume 26; edited Guestbook Central and Guestbook Archive: Volume 25 to reflect addition to Archives. Edited Site Map to reflect new page.
11 March 2009 -- Added entry to Guestbook: 11Mar09.
9 March 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: Art Space 2000 World Web Award of Excellence (2009-2010). Added new page to Trophy Case: Trophy Case #7. Added entry to Guestbook: 9Mar09. Edited and moved Guestbook entries to complete Guestbook Archive: Volume 25; edited Guestbook Central and Guestbook Archive: Volume 24 to reflect addition to Archives. Edited Site Map to reflect new pages.
7 March 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: Antique Collector Best Site Award (2009).
6 March 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: Mearnswood Media Excellence in Design Award (2009).
1 February 2009 -- Added four entries to Guestbook: 31Jan09, 24Jan09, 16Jan09 (concerning pro-life atheists, with my response), 5Jan09.
26 January 2009 -- Added award to Trophy Case: Vintage Kin Green Ribbon Award.
1 January 2009 -- Edited Homepage. Edited Site Map. Edited "What's New" page; moved 2008 "What's New" entries to Archive. Edited "What's New" Archive pages for 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, and 1997.
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