Catymology

The Carnival of the Vanities is up at Iowa Voice. Amanuensis' post about the adventures of Darcy Xenophon is in it. But Zeuswood, the big guy behind this particular carnival, has a problem and is threatening to end this carnival.

On Carnival of the Vanities

I hesitate even to acknowledge this week's Carnival of the Vanities obliquely. It's up in rogue form at the scheduled host, and unless you're completely lost, you can easily find the lists of hosts. . . . [Read more at Harshly Mellow.]

For the love of the Great Cat, I was just starting to think that this world of Carnivals was sort of fun. Now I find out that bloggers are willing to fight like--pardon me--cats and dogs over this stuff. I think they all need some catnip and a good long nap.

Update: Thursday, April 6: Laurence Simon has stepped up to the plate and published the Avignon edition of Carnival of the Vanities 185. If you don't know what Avignon means, you could hunt it up. That's what Google is for.