I A.M. a Follower...Are You?

If you're reader of Acquired Minds, be sure to be our follower!

Blogger has released the Follower feature for quite some time now, but I've only added it just now. On the right sidebar, scroll down until you see the Follower widget. Just click on "Be a Follower" to...well, be a follower :). Whenever A.M. updates, you'll know all about it. You'll also help us pass the word about A.M., so make sure you start following us!

In other A.M. news, we're currently testing and developing yet another branch to the blog. You can track its progress in the Info-Center (under 'Coming Soon'). It's going to be awesome once it's finished! Much thanks to M.G.E. for suggesting it.

Oh, the drama of life...

-the clam.

July's Theme: Expectations

July has been quite an amazing month. We have ended up with 21 articles, rivaling March's 25 articles. We were really close...but no worries, we can try again next month!

Many debuts and changes were shown on the blog these past weeks. Sendak posted his very first article. The Info-Center (along with the graphics page) had its grand opening. Small graphical changes around the blog were made as well. Along with the changes, we have a couple new readers—and we really enjoy hearing their opinions!

Okay, okay. My rambling is done. Here's the summary for July!

What happens next? – Living up to your life's expectations.
The Unplanned – The joy of having the opposite take place.
House of Mirrors – Introvert? Or extrovert? You decide.
Acquired Minds: Info-Center! – Grand opening of our new informational branch.
Harry Potter: Shortened Down – Harry Potter book one...very much shortened.
Expectations—The Absurd and the Feasible – Common feelings of expectations.
The Day Before Today...Yesterday! – The second entertainment article.
Midnight. – The Twilight movie anxiousness.
A.M. Changes – July 16, 2008 – A few changes that were made to A.M.
The Edge of Safe – Guilty decisions may come your way.
A.M. Graphics Page! – Grand opening of the A.M. Graphics page.
Moving in Circles – Not ever knowing how to get there.
I Hold – Keeping it all bottled up.
A "Tire" Situation – A commonly over-looked epidemic.
A "GAS-ly" Disaster – Gas prices are not going to improve if we don't improve ourselves.
What You'll Be Looking For – A.M.'s most 'controversial' article to date.
housten, please don't have a problem – Darn you, airports.
personally, I find this personal – Some fans just don't know when to stop.
Fam[ily] – Your parents' overwhelming expectations.
Shallow Depth – Are celebrities really super-human?

What a month it has been. So many different topics, so many different opinions, and so many different problems. One way or another, we're going to have to solve it.

Thanks to a tie-breaker vote from Nathaniel, next month's (August's) theme will be: Impressions.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

-the clam.

~~...the hundredth article is coming...~~

A.M. Changes - July 16, 2008

Over this past week, subtle changes have been made within the blog. They're not big changes, but just enough to expand the blog and make it more diverse. Here is a small list of things that have/will be changed:

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>> Things up on the header look different, right? Well, we're going to change the header banner every month now (just to make it look less repetitive). Along with the change, there will be a small "(month) (year)" next to the header. Occasionally, on holidays, the banner will include a shout-out for the holiday.

>> The counter on the right has now been enlarged, and along with the enlargement, the number of digits have been decreased to 7 (having eight giant sized digits is a bit too much for the time being).

>> Of course, you have seen the Info-Center button to the right. It'll stay there as a link-button to the page. Feel free to check it out!

>> The mood around here can get a bit down when there are too many life lesson articles. Therefore, we're going to write more spontaneous articles that may (or may not) be relevant to the theme (although it never needed to be, to begin with). Examples can be found below (M.G.E.'s Midnight article and my entertainment article).

>> To be safe (and because we don't want to be accused wrongly), a disclaimer is now placed to the right, in the description. This disclaimer is an agreement that we are not using any copyrighted content for profit or any other unconstituted use (nor are we promoting the content). Any articles that have copyrighted content in them will have a note pointing to the disclaimer, from now on.

>> We are still trying to get HTML codes to work in the Info-Center, so we can get the Graphics page up. Those codes can get tedious, and when they don't listen to you, it makes it that much harder. So, if we can get it up, then great. If not, we apologize.

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Yup, those are the changes made. I'm sure you want more changes (since the blog itself is pale white), but we'll see what we can do in the future. As for now, we can only enjoy the blog as it is!

-the clam.

P.S. Remember, we always take suggestions at acquired.feedback@gmail.com. Thanks.

A.M. Logo Selection!

After five months, I thought that we should finally get ourselves a logo. So, I created 20 logos for you to choose from.

Look below. Choose your top 3 favorite logos from the selection. Send your choices to acquired.feedback@gmail.com, listing them in the order you like best. For example:

1. #[logo number]

2. #[logo number]

3. #[logo number]

Please also include any suggestions/changes you would like to see to the logo. If you'd prefer that logo in a different color/font, please tell me. I am open to any suggestions. I have something in mind that I want to do, and I need a logo to go along with it, so please help us choose a logo!

(c) 2008. All logos belong to acquiredminds.blogspot.com. Use of the logos is not permitted unless given direct permission. Contact acquired.feedback@gmail.com if you have any questions. Thank you!

-the clam.