As I suspected, fatherhood has become my one and only activity outside of work. Thus blogging, podcasting and the like suffer. In fact, they disappear from the worldview altogether.

That said, the Carnival rolls on with or without me. Props to Mike Beccaria for an excellent hosting job on Carnival of the Infosciences #7.

Next week’s Carnival will be hosted by Dave Hook over at The Industrial Librarian. I know I’m a bit late, but please send your submissions to dave at rogers dot com by Sunday at 6 PM Eastern time.

Let me turn our collective attention for a second to the future of the Carnival.

It seems to me that there was some initial enthusiasm and energy, which has since plateaued, even receded. I read occasional comment on how great an idea it is, but I haven’t seen an increase in submitted posts or been able to recruit any new hosts since the original round of enthusiasts signed on. This is, of course, largely my own fault for not devoting adequate energy to fostering interest.

So anyway, after Dave’s turn, I have a week without a host. I had anticipated taking this week myself, but current circumstances make that impossible. Can I compel anyone to host the week of October 3rd (or any week thereafter with the exception of October 10)?

Or should I be “seeing the forest for the trees” and cutting the cord on this whole Carnival enterprise? Are we just not the right community for this?