Some good stuff around the interwebs lately…
Nilsa at SoMi began a movement, of sorts, which she called “BlogSecret” — “you write a secret and have it posted anonymously on someone else’s blog.” Nilsa notes, ”It is said (through the results of lots of research) that the 
simple act of writing about a secret is highly cathartic and has been found to have genuine health impacts up to several months later. But, what the research doesn’t say is it takes courage, lots and lots of courage to reveal something you’ve held close to your heart.” Nearly eighty bloggers responded to Nilsa’s challenge and the results all make for good procrastination reads.
As a Southern Californian myself, I found In Which I’m Californified (courtesy of This Recording) to be hilarious and well-written. After living in L.A. for only one month, Meredith Hight reviews the city with great accuracy. Think L.A. Story. Think In-n-Out burgers, no parking and multiple freeways. Read. It.
Jamie at Oh! How Lovely! has started a discussion regarding blog annoyances and then she presents the flipside. The comments alone are worthwhile — It’s interesting to see what people hate about blogs. The number one annoyance seems to be a tie between partial feeds and light text on a dark background. Jamie’s blog has been recently profiled by Paste Magazine as “one who gets it.”
Ben from No Ordinary Rollercoaster ”recycled” a post for Who’s Your Dauchsund. I’m not normally a dog blog fan, but A Year of Calvin: Part One is an irresistible story of bringing home a puppy for the first time, and the fear of fatherhood.
And for a laugh, check out the two bloggers who were simultaneously named “Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine.
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Thanks so much for the double-blog love! My dog blog posts tend to be riddled with sarcasm and hyperbole as anyone who reads the next six parts will see. If they can’t wait, click through the No Ordinary Rollercoaster archives starting around Dec2007. Be warned - there is much crap hidden in there.
I’ve found the posts about blog annoyances and likes both interesting and somewhat scary. My inner monologue has started to sound like this: Do I have partial feeds? Do I have a dark background? Is it too plain? Do I write about the same things too often? And on and on it goes…
Technically, I was only one of the 139 smokin’ hot guys. I didn’t want to monopolize this every year.
Awww, thanks for the linky love. It’s really amazing how far and wide this BlogSecret thing has reached. I’ve gotten loads of emails from bloggers who missed the deadline asking when the next BlogSecret will be. Stay tuned…
when I first read the title, I saw dick instead of click
for shame
Got to check this BlogSecret stuff out.
Hey, I left you something on my blog.