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To all my family, friends, readers and drive-by lurkers:
Blogging Rocks.
It is our moral duty to spread the word of great writers.
It is our morsel duty to spread butter on great bread.
I will try not to mix any more metaphors, but the theme is buttered popcorn and you just can’t spread that!
Lest you conclude that my Transparent Wool was an indictment of current blogging practices, let me assure you that I believe in the power of Hot Buttered Blogs.
A Hot Buttered Blog is one that is still tasty even half way down into the bowl (or tub, if you’re at the cinema).
Whether or not the blog is monetized, it is written for readers, not search engines.
There are no artificial flavorings or carcinogenic additives, just the natural goodness of the written word.
Here are some examples.
They are presented in the order in which I thunk ‘em up.
Each is awesome for an entirely different reason.
This is not about ranking the top 17 bloggers on the web.
If you want ranking, check out the rancid butter in your refrigerator!
The World According to Pinhole
Using a deep pen name – in fact, it’s Pinhole, this author has penned some righteous works.
I met Pinhole on WritingUp.com, the erstwhile premier community blogging website.
He views the world the way most of us view eclipses, with our backs turned to them!
(Remember the pinhole-through-the-index-card? No? Never mind . . .)
What I’m saying is, Pinhole is funny in a quirky sort of way. He twists words until they cry.
There appears to be a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde dance going on in his head.
Sometimes, I think he has a pair of funny brains. To wit:
Enter the solar flare at pinhole.orourkeville.com.
The Blog According to Skelliewag
Who is Skellie and is she a wag?
According to her About Page, she is the author of Skelliewag.org.
She is also a staff writer at Technorati Top 100 blog ProBlogger.net as well as Daily Blog Tips, Freelance Switch, NorthxEast and Daily Bits.
She has written for Copyblogger, Zen Habits and a number of other popular blogs.
From such august beginnings, a wonderfully informative blog springs.
Actually, it was July 26, 2007 and summer was well underway . . . um, or was it winter down under?
No matter. Skellie has shot to the top of the butter churn, with such illuminating articles as:
Check out her Best of Skelliewag in 2007!
Ha-ha! I’m following her advice with this post. Check out the awesome picture, above.
And, you’d have to be a fool if you didn’t think I’ve packed some great content in here.
Speaking of advice . . .
The 411 According to Trew Life
I met Terry Snipes when we used to hang out on the now-defunct WritingUp.com.
He wrote some compelling, in-your-face posts on that site and I became an instant fan.
We didn’t keep in touch and I was shocked to find him on another site.
Terry’s rap is smooth as butter and he is funnier than Eddie Murphy (with a mouth to match!)
I love his advice column-style blog. I love his style, period. As his blogline proclaims:
Ask Trew Life: Straight, No Chaser- Expert advice and inspirational resources
The leading source for Advice, Q&A’s, money, online dating, and spirituality from Terry Snipes, Trew Life’s Email questions. Learn how to meet new people, improve your dates, decide when to become more serious, what business to start
When I’m not cracking up over his candid advice, I’m nodding my head as he responds to negativity:
Get this, the man has his own radio show!
Visit Trew Life Advice
The Home and Garden According to Domestika
Someday, we’ll all have coffee table computers *.
When I get mine, I have the perfect coffee-table blog to display on it!
Jen is a good friend. I met her on WritingUp.com, too. (See why I love blogging?)
She adds the honey to the Hot Buttered Blog.
No, really. She is a beekeeper, which is almost like being a bookkeeper, as you can get stung, either way.
Anyhoo, her blog is bursting with easy flowing prose, covering fascinating ground and uncharted territory:
- I’ve learned to make a chair from a tree without using lumber mills.
- I’ve peeked at whimsical creatures beneath bell jars.
- We’ve even had a brief conversation about squashing muffins.
I hope you’ll spend some quality time with these fine writers.
And go easy on the salt.
Happy New Year!
Great recommendations, Mitch. I subscribe to both Jen’s and Pinhole’s blog and have read Skellie’s posts at various other blogs where she writes.
I’ve tried to comment on your blogs before, but the comments seem to vanish into the ether. I sure hope this one doesn’t, because I want to thank you for the link. You are, probably, being too kind in your assessment of my blog, but the other’s are right on the money.
Thanks again.
Thanks, Sharon, I know I’ve seen your comments here and there
… seems as if the old WU gang has a permanent bond!
Hey Pinhole!
I’ve had a chat with my assistant VP of Commentary, who insists that I ask Kim if she et dinner.
“Ask Kim if she et? What kind of gibberish is that?,” said I.
The VP mumbled something about fried spam and clammed up.
Hopefully, the red tape has been cut and you are free to move around on the blog.
As for my assessment, I am not alone.
Charles from housekeeping is always cracking up.
Nora over in Finance loves your “Are We There Yet?” series. You are most deserving of links!
As for me, I am truly humbled that you’ve tried to comment before, and I wonder how many others have been turned away by my aggressive VP.
It seems so lonely here…but the visitor stats are cockle-warming, at any rate.
Cheers!
Mitch
You have been given a ROAR Award. Enjoy – and pass it on!
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Thanks, Sharon!
I promise to uphold the standards of this esteemed endowment.
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Kind of difficult to find blogs that still taste good half way down into the bowl, but they do gather slowly with time. In the bookmarks.
Thanks for the new possible additions, i’ll take a look at them in a couple of minutes.
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