Law Writer blog premieres

While cover on this North Carolina legislative news and research tips, Phyllis Pickett of our North Carolina drafting staff has started a new blog entitled “Law Writer: Legislative Drafting and Analysis in the Real World” covering the more technical aspects of law writing. Drop by, won’t you? Looks like it will give a good treatment to the science of law writing, while I continue to cover the arts.

Phyllis even has a twitter feed on drafting linked to her blog.  I have trouble figuring out twitter.  Seems to be like CB radio on a keyboard. Breaker, breaker.

Her great quote from her Twitter feed today appropos of drafting: “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. – Mark Twain’

What is blognetnews and why am I #8?

Some outfit called blognetnews.com has published a list of North Carolina’s 20 Most Influential Political Blogs.

I’m ranked as #8. I have absolutely no idea why. This blog is light stories, data, research tools and historical stuff. I assume that their metrics have to do with hits and incoming and outgoing links. Those would be imputed influence. I’m not sure who I am influencing with stories about pens and people who have had the same job for 50 years.

Hat tip to Red Clay Citizen.

Your Count Bismarck HQ here

I get a report each day on persons who come to this blog after a Google search, including what phrase they were searching for. Here is the list for Monday, August 20:

Search Phrase	Views

NC Legislative enactments, 2007	4
otto von bismarck pictures	2
NC legislators who died	1

I hope there is no connection between the second and third items.

What were you searching for? UPDATED

I get a report each day on persons who come to this blog after a Google search, including what phrase they were searching for. Here is the list for Wednesday, August 8:

Phrase                              

John Turcotte AND NC General Assembly  

How many bills passed in North Carolina     

Otto Von Bismarck                                           

North Carolina Legislature                              

North Carolina Legislative Updates               

Eszter Vajda                                                        

ncga legislative calendar                                  

budget timelines                                                 

NC Legislative Wrap-up, 2007                        

waste management act of 2007 governor      

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I hope the person searching for Bismarck had a good day.

UPDATE: Searches for August 20 that led to my blog:

Today

Search	Views
otto von bismarck pictures	2
history of drafting	1

I hope there is no connection between the second and third items.