Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Blogtrolling, so you dont have to

Okay, here's this month's selection of potentially worthy blogs that I've come across during my nomadic wanderings

about the blogosphere:

a very angry woman just started at Anon
*Amuse-bouche: singaporean girl
Automatic Writing: conservative amateur journalist (new one here)
*Trials and Tribulations - Deployment Time: military wife
*Marced for Trouble: about the train commute to Washington DC
*Hollywhatever: actress' blog; funny, profane
*HP Sauce: her comments link says this - "n People Think yogi was not smarter than the average bear and was nothing but a picnic basket thieving little shit"
Get-Well Wishes for Chris Newman: a blog get-well card, kind of cool (update: done, but still lovely)
*Word Salads: nice analogy - earthquakes/social change
Fish or Cut Bait: art!
Define Normal by the Red Pants of Justice
Spastic: amusing
Kevin Mills Photography
*Where Dreams Have All Gone: brand new marriage/blog
*Semper Gumby: from a blogging class, is there a sell-by date?
I like Mad Mustard, I might have to sidebar him
*My Life: college girl
Solo Mojo: ex-stockbroker now journalism student
Tomas Muse, stories n' links
*the Skeptical Observer: sidebar? (now empty, called "Kakmazoo")
My Crazy Naked Girlfriend: is this porn, or real?
*Hope - for Kids that dont fit IN!: educational crusade by a long-distance walker
ephlis01: quotes, poetry, what all
*the Natural Tailor of Natural Joy: whoa. great/disturbing "comic" art
*Misinformed Machine: more cartoons
the Reform Club: decent conservative blog
*Swapatorium: an antique / junk shoppers collection - cool stuff
*Marina Piatkowski: diary of a polish immigrant - real?
*Roots and Wings: college girl from livejournal
*This is the way I serve my sentence: articles + photos
The Working Families Party Man: leftie blog (new site here)
*This Sistah Says: girl in rehab - excellent!
*iamtheshadow: humor
Walking English: poems
*Sloppydawg: politics - "o'reilly/falafel" thing mentioned
Twitz: a strip a day: comix
*the Forgotten Tree: Cries for Help: liberal?
Kiss and Blog: man and woman on dating and sex and so on
thedalyblog: cool sketches - daily!
Paul W Ruiz : Paintings and Drawings life drawings/paintings
Flan: not quite jelly, not quite cake: funny, young punk
*Illusions: optical illusions
*Red Shift: arts reviews
Freedom Now: political - unsure of orientation Conservative
Back of the Napkin:
*The Moon Split: an american girl converted to islam
A Softer World": more comix... well, sort of
Uncyclopedia: not Wikipedia
*ocbkitchen
*War on Christmas: Reporting on the Great Battle for Christmas
everybody cares, everybody understands, a music site

(update 1/22/06 - * indicates a site either dead or more than three months since functioning)

As always, I dont guarantee any of these. For the most part I looked at them once, then noted them briefly and moved on. Now I'm putting them in link form to easier hit them whenever I get a chance or an urge. Eventually, if I like them, they may end up in my Blogroll, or even on the sidebar where my Daily Reads go.

And what have I learned about the "next" button:
If you his a porn site, jump out as soon as possible, or they'll just keep coming.
There are way too many self-involved folks making dark "artsy" blogs with everything stuffed into a small square.
The ones who use different colors and different font sizes for each post are rarely worth the time reading them.
Blogging really is a world-wide thing.
And what is it with the anime imagery? Seriously.

8 comments:

Busy Mom said...

Wow, linkmania! I'm going to have to check these out.

rev. billy bob gisher ©2008 said...

dave can you stop drooling on naked women. they are giving you fits at kevins. they seem to be leaving me alone. wonder why? also check out my top post comments again when you have a chance. going for the new world record on comment posts.

daveawayfromhome said...

giving me fits? It's that judicial activist thing, isnt it?

rev. billy bob gisher ©2008 said...

yuppers, not that i am a wizard or anything, but you gave insightful comments but you left holes. you were right, but holes allow diversion. study what i did with flatulus, i ignored everything, including the indian comments, and stayed on the topic, and the target, which was his ass.

Whinger said...

I always run into gambling sites on my "Next blog" perusings.
And I hate it when people have taken off the Next Blog button. Hate it.

That is all. Happy New Year!

daveawayfromhome said...

yeah, gambling and porn stories are a pain in the ass, and the longer you linger, the more that pop up: jump on that "next" button (or the "back" button). And I hate people who get rid of the "next" button, too.

Unknown said...

I can't say enough 'thank yous' for mentioning my blog.

I apologize for not posting while my G4 laptop crashed, but you can bet I have plenty of content coming now that the computer is back up and running.

All the best to you in 2006, and thank you again for the mention.

D McConnell said...

Great list. It'll help get me through this day. ;)