We've moved!

Well, it's been a long time coming, but Link222 has FINALLY moved to The Times main site.
Thanks for all the love and devotion you've shown us here on our Blogger site.
Now, we we want you mosey on over to our new spot, bookmark the page and continue to join us in the conversation.

The real reason to be thankful, 2007 edition

Every year has its twists, turns, peaks and lows, but it’s always important to give thanks through it all. Even for the little things.
So, us Link222’ers are back again with our reasons to be thankful this year. Enjoy and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm thankful to be home visiting my mother and to have a job
-Melinda

I’m thankful my birthday is the day after Thanksgiving instead of the day of this year. Now, I don’t have to compete for attention with family gatherings and turkey. Wait. There is an LSU game, and everyone will be shopping. Just a few more years until it’s on a Monday or a Tuesday, I guess.
-Adam

I am thankful for recipes. They can really save your life (if you don’t burn down your home using them) when you’re hundreds of miles away from a good grandma-cooked Thanksgiving meal.
-Ashley

I’m thankful for my family and friends. I wish I could say I’m thankful to spend the holiday with them, but I can’t, because I’ll be here working so that ya’ll will have something to read Friday.
I’m also thankful that this weather has kept up with my procrastination in buying a new coat.
-Janelle

I'm thankful for life, family, friends, good food and the good cooks in my family who refuse to let me test my "gourmet" skills. I'm also thankful for the advent of modern technology including mp3 players, smartphones and the computer - they change lives!
-Donecia

I’m grateful for people who believe in second chances, Vince Young, Houston and Internet cowards like dirtwater, dr. duke and Big Jonah for reminding us all that idiocy, shallow analysis and virulent racism are still alive and well…
-Joel

Link222: One year later (Is it that time already?)

Wow, it’s hard to believe that it’s been a whole year since we let you into our lives, our thoughts, our world.

When we started Link222 last year, we did it with the intention of giving you a chance to see the real people behind the bylines. We wanted to let you in on our thoughts, opinions, experiences, observations. And on top of that, we invited you to share your own thoughts, opinions, experiences and observations with us.

Sometimes you liked us and let us know. Sometimes you strongly disagreed with us and let us have it. Most importantly, you read us…again and again, making us one of the top read Times blogs.

So by now, either you see we’re just normal people, not that different from you or any other young adults you know. Or you think we’re absolutely insane. Whatever you think, we thank you for all of your comments, the mean ones, the nice ones and even the non-existent ones that you didn’t bother leaving. Most of all, we thank you for stopping by to check us out. And we hope you keep reading and keep telling your friends to keep reading as well.

Stay tuned for more. As you can see we’re changing things up around here and there’s a lot more to come. Don’t be afraid to give us feedback, positive or negative. If you don’t know by now, we love that.


In the meantime, check back here throughout the week as we take a look back at the best, the worst, and the funniest moments of Link222: Year One.

We’re almost a year old!

We can hardly believe it, so it must be hard for you to swallow, too: the Link222 crowd has been at this attempt at harnessing some of the area’s young energy for just about a year.

That seems crazy. But saying time flies sounds more like an old fogie instead of a hip twentysomething, right?

Either way, what’s a birthday without a celebration? To start, we’d like to get your thoughts on our first year of existence. Tell us what you like and what you don’t.

And since we and many of ya’ll seem to be fans of lists, let’s start some. What are your favorite 5 or 10 Link222 blog entries? Which ones did you absolutely hate?

Or how ‘bout the top news or entertainment stories we’ve blogged about? Or maybe even the best photos we’ve posted here?

So come on and digitally chime in to help us into the Terrible Twos. (OK, we hope not too terrible. But that’s why we need your help!)