I’ve been asked to come up with a short list of some blogs I think are good. Given that I’m outrageously opinionated, this should not be difficult to do. Strangely, athough I normally avoid memes like the plague, this is one assignment I eagerly accepted, given that it contributes to my being on the tee vee. If you, also, can put me on tv, I am perfectly prepared to meme away on command… see how easy I am to get along with?

Some good blogs, and why (and if I left you off, it’s just because I’m saving you for myself, okay? You’re still in the blogroll, silly! No hurt emails plzthxkbai!):

My blogs, of course:

raincoaster
TeenyManolo
Ayyyy
runningthroughrain
The Shebeen Club

• Defamer, the Hollywood gossip blog. Mark and Seth are probably the best writers in the blogosphere, and they cover a lot of ground, wittily. The commenters are gold.
• PerezHilton, the #1 blog in the world. Why? He dishes up celebrity gossip nearly 24/7, and he has a compelling (love it or hate it) personality. Blogs without personal identities are completely DOA.
• DarrenBarefoot, a Canadian abroad. He’s the best example I know of what Nancy White calls a Technology Steward: he isn’t a techie, but he can justify the ways of tech to the rest of the world, sifting through a billion flashes in the pan and pointing out the ones we need to bother with, the ones that will change our lives. Also: really funny.
• RenalFailure, wild fabrications and outright lies. Hilarious, strange, creative, weird.
• DamnInteresting just is. DAMN interesting.
• AliEteraz, a modern Muslim: Islamic reform, Pakistani politics, and changing the world, one post at a time.
• Jesus’General, the (satirical) home of the glorious conservative revolution.
• ParaEthos, one of the best intellectual art ‘n philosophy sites out there. Disorienting, enriching, and bizarre.
• PrettyGoodOnPaper, a highly literary blog that’s not a book blog. Intellectual, challenging, intriguing.
• WalkingTurcotYards, a remarkable urban photography blog from Montreal’s Turcot Yards, the largest abandoned urban space in the world.
• Fark. When all else fails and you think the world has turned dull grey, a quick Farking will set you right. The greatest roundup of the bizarre in the intertubes!

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