This is the month that many bloggers balance the ledger sheet and reassess their time commitment to blogging. There's no question blogging is a financial drain -- time that could be spent making real money at our day jobs. Whether blogging is an act of love or a means of keeping one's sanity in these uncertain times, we could all use a little boost.

So, as you're putting a little something in the pocket of your newspaper carrier, housekeeper, doorman, shoe shiner, hairstylist, secretary, personal trainer, whomever.....please consider a thank you gesture to the bloggers whose sites you read regularly throughout the year. A little holiday giving goes a long way.

If you're short on cash, you can contribute by voting for TalkLeft in the ABA Journal Awards. We're in the "politics for sport" category. It's free, does not require logging in or identification and takes 5 seconds or less. Voting ends January 2, 2008.