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As you know this weekend was a Celebration for Bloggers.
It was 'BlogRolling Amnesty Day' a day when, in theory one could make requests of other Blogger's to add them to their Blogrolls without impunity or fear of getting laughed right out of Blogtopia.
So, being who I am, I went and requested that the following add me to their Blogrolls:

John Chow
Shoe Money
ProBlogger
Dosh Dosh
The Wrong Advices

It is to my great sorrow that I have to report that the request was not honored and I am not on any of those Blogrolls (sigh).
It's a sad time indeed for me.
I suppose I will remain in Blogatory until next year (sniffle)
Ok I'm over it - moving right along....

Since we are two days into 'Blogrolling Amnesty Day' I thought I would take advantage of this time to put in my request to the following:

John Chow
Shoe Money
ProBlogger
Dosh Dosh
The Wrong Advices

These are all in the Top 100 on Technorati so I figured it was worth my time and effort to do this, we shall see what comes of it.
Here's the request I sent to each of these great Sites:

In the spirit of BlogRolling Amnest Day, I humbly and respectfully request the honor of being added to your BlogRoll.
Naturally, I have added you to mine as well.
Regards,
Carol

Come to think of it I should have said "you are cordially invited to add yourself to my Blog Roll" - LOL!
Think that will get it done?

This is the last time I will Post about this. Today is the one year Anniversary of BlogRolling Amnesty Day and I would like to invite you to add yourself to my Blog Roll. Leave me a comment so that I can add you to mine in return.
Today you may be able to go to some of the A-Listers and get yourself on their BlogRoll to.
Remember that this is a great way to get yourself known out there in the 'Blogosphere.'
Happy Blogging!

I got an Email last week from Jon Swift reminding me that this is the One Year Anniversary of Blog Amnesty Day .
I first learned of this from Jon and Skippy when I was so brand new to Blogging that I didn't even know what a Blog Roll was.
Blog Amnesty Day first came to life February 3, 2007 when Atrios, the proprietor of Eschaton, declared a Blogroll Amnesty Day.
This was a dark day in the 'Blogosphere'.
When I hear the word 'amnesty' I think of words like 'justice' and 'pardon' but in this case it would mean more of a sovereign act of unbiased kindness to do good.
Unfortunately this wasn't the case for this Day of Amnesty.
Instead, some of the big fish emptied their Blogrolls and this certainly wasn't a very benevolent or sovereign thing to do at all.
You may be saying OK Carol..so what?
What's this got to do with me?
Glad you asked.
It’s an honor to be in someone’s blogroll. It’s also a very big part of creating your blogging community.
Blogrolls link blogs to each other, creating their own network. It shows you’re a fan. It shows you like what they do. And it shows respect for other’s work. Consider a link in your blogroll as a brag not a request.
This year help us celebrate Blog Amnesty Day as it was meant to be.
If you Blogroll Me!, I will BlogRoll you.
Simply leave a comment here and I will be right on it!
Now go my Blogging friends and spread the word!