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August 18, 2006

Blogs I Read

Nobody need, of course, care what I read when I surf. But for those who do, here you go (and, by the way, I omit all the Northern Alliance blogs, all of which I read at least daily) - my daily, absolute, read-unless-I-have-a-family-health-emergency reads:

  • Lileks - Duh.
  • Rambix and the Red Star - One of the essential news sites in the region today. This is what a local news blog should be.
  • Kool Aid Report - In a perfect world, Fox would put "Kool-Aid TV" opposite "The Daily Show". And it would pimp-slap John Stewart, ratings and content-wise. Alas, KAR is a blog. One you need to read daily.
  • The Sheila Variations - Hard to even describe this blog; funny, furiously eclectic in an OCD kind of way (she's been writing excepts from every book she owns for what seems like a couple of years now - and I've read every one), with frequent bits of brilliance that grab you in your liver in a spasm of self-recognition. Plus a group of regular commenters that I'd love to be trapped in a ski lodge during a blizzard with.
  • Radio Equalizer - Brian Maloney knows radio, especially national syndicated radio. He's an essential read if you, for whatever reason, care about these things...
  • Cathy In The Wright - "Family Circus" if everyone in the family were pleasantly crazy. My favorite "home" blog in the whole world.
  • Jay Reding - I've said it before - he should get ten times the traffic he does.
  • MDE - Has replaced Drudge as my first news surf of the day.
Biggest loss of the year: Peace Like A River - My favorite "new" blog of the past year, Jeff Kouba has realigned his blogging to write at Security Watchtower. I understand - but it's everyone's loss.

I started writing the "Blogs I Visit 2-3 Times a Week" list, but it was going to be very long...

UPDATE AND OVERSIGHT: Naturally, Kennedy Vs. The Machine remains one of the best political blogs out there, especially among those focused on a single race.

Posted by Mitch at August 18, 2006 06:26 AM | TrackBack
Comments

*sniffle*

Posted by: Ryan at August 18, 2006 10:26 AM

*sneffle*

Posted by: Eva Young at August 18, 2006 10:51 AM

//in an OCD kind of way//

hahahaha It's so true. Like ... if I stopped posting my book excerpts without going through my entire library of books, I feel like something BAD will happen. hahaha

Oh well. I'm happy.

Thanks for the shout-out, Mitch!

Posted by: red at August 18, 2006 11:13 AM

Ouch. KvM went from "indispensable" to non-factor in, like, 2 months.

Posted by: Gary M. Miller at August 18, 2006 01:30 PM

DOH!

It's not a PERFECT list...

MBerg

Posted by: mitch at August 18, 2006 02:02 PM

"Ouch. KvM went from "indispensable" to non-factor in, like, 2 months."

Kind of like your candidate. hahahahahaha

Come on now, how could I pass up a set up and slam like that!?

Flash

Posted by: Flash at August 18, 2006 02:07 PM

*weeps*
;-)

Posted by: chele at August 18, 2006 03:05 PM

Thanks Mitch! It's an honor to have you aboard.

Posted by: Rambix at August 18, 2006 05:34 PM

Flash,

I don't know, bitch, how could you pass that up? I'm gonna open you up, muther trucker, if I see you at Tracy's tomorrow night. :)

Gmoney

Posted by: Gary M. Miller at August 18, 2006 06:02 PM

Thanks for the kind words!

Posted by: Jeff at August 18, 2006 07:45 PM

Thank you, Mitch. I feel sheepish joining such exaulted company.

Posted by: Cathy at August 18, 2006 08:02 PM

You're right about Jay Reding. Very thoughtful and engaging essayist. He does deserve a lot kore traffic.

Unfortunately, he is starting law school, so it should be assumed he has sold his soul to Satan

Posted by: JamesPh. at August 18, 2006 11:33 PM
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