PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 20: Minding the Q queue
Like everything else in the world, there are not that many NaBloPoMo blogs with that start with Q. Like every other day of my life, I'm feeling a bit indecisive. So my PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo entry today will run through every single one of the twelve "Q"-named blogs to see who's still going strong (not many of them, as it turns out) and who we've lost along the way.... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 19: No Pasa Nada, Oh! How Lovely! and Pretty Little Mess get it
After Monday's midterm report and Tuesday's TV rant, I'm fitting three days of NaBloPoMo blogroll perusal into one post today, offering up an "N," "O" and "P" title each as further proof of the existence of non-tedious personal blogs. So, No Pasa Nada, Oh! How Lovely! and Pretty Little Mess, congratulations: You get it. (Speaking of "getting it," here's an introduction to PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo. Apparently this acronym has brain-exploding powers. Sorry, brains!)... read more
Ask M83 with Threadless Tee-V
This Friday M83 will be stopping by the Threadless office for an interview and they want to answer your questions! The interview will be posted on Threadless Tee-V! And, if that's not enough, the writers of the chosen questions get $25 gift certificates to Threadless.com!If you have any burning questions for the band, let us know! Even if it isn't a burning question, you could always the members about their favorite philosophers or colors.Submit your question here.... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 17: Midterm missives & musings
Seventeen days ago, I threw myself headlong into my very first NaBloPoMo with a few specific goals in mind. First of all, I wanted to prove to myself that I could, indeed, write one blog post per day for thirty days straight. You wouldn't know this, of course, but in an admittedly nutty I way I like staging competitions against myself. And this one seemed considerably more fun than the other battles I've waged against myself in my time, like Don't Take Your Leftovers Out Of The Microwave Until The Timer Beeps and Don't Go Out To Eat All September and... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 15: M Hates NYC, possibly with good reason
Mari, author of M Hates NYC, today's "M"-named blog, is a twenty-something newlywed slogging through life in New York City, a town that she hates mostly for reasons difficult to discern upon initially visiting her blog. Except one: Bed bugs!... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 14 (Part 2): Leannderthal makes pretty pictures
Leannderthal is a blog that makes me wish my name was Leann so I could name my own blog Leannderthal. This is all assuming that, as a Leann, and not as a Rachael, I would think of calling my blog Leannderthal before this particular Leann thought to call hers the same. And this is shaping up to involve more than a little uber-hypothetical time travel, which is a bit too much to ask of a Friday afternoon, so let's just drop it.... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 14 (Part 1): Kathy At 49 tries something new
Starting on Jan. 11, 2008, her 49th birthday, Kathy G. from Missouri decided that she was going to do one new thing every day. On top of that, she was going to blog about it. So NaBloPoMo has been a total breeze for her, I'm sure. (As for me, I am growing weary. PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo is feeling about as long as its ludicrous acronym.)... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 13: We interrupt this regularly scheduled program for a brief message from Troll 2 and Radiohead
My Official PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008 Calendar tells me I'm supposed to be going on about some "K"-named blog or another today, but you know what I just told My Official PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008 Calendar? "Shove it, I am going to post about this Troll 2 and Radiohead mashup video I just saw on Videogum instead," is what I told it. And tell me this isn't worth it, my friends. ... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 12: Jarod and Liz is (are?) twice as nice
As a blog, Jarod and Liz is nice. As a couple, Jarod and Liz are nice. I'm not sure which grammatical convention to use here, but either way, these folks' blogness and their coupleness are one in the same: Each half of the duo gets a column on their website to fill with their own thoughts, links and photos, tagged "boythings" and "girlthings" respectively.... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 11: Innocent Loverboy gets his groove on
Today, I scanned the "I"-named NaBloPoMo blogs hoping to find one called "I Am A Dude," because I realized last night that I've only PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo'ed about lady bloggers. Finding no blog with that title, I decided to automatically disqualify all blogs with names involving the words "mom," "girl, "Mrs." and "goddess" from being considered for today's post, since all of those are pretty good signs that a non-male person is responsible for the content therein.... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 10: Hand Cramp Crafts times out
I think PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo has stumbled across its very first NaBloPoMo casualty: Today's "H" blog, Hand Cramp Crafts, hasn't posted since Saturday. Uh-oh.... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 9: Gretch-A-Sketch knows her ABCs
Gretchen of Gretch-A-Sketch, today's "G"-named NaBloPoMo blog, is tackling her month o' posting with a familiar strategy: Using the alphabet a means of inspiration and a way to keep her on track. It seems to be working for her, and it's working for me, too, except when I almost forgot Friday. And when I almost forgot today. (Though if you're thinking I did forget yesterday, nope! I rounded up the top 7 worst movie birthdays ever over our List of the Day blog. Phew, right?)... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 7: F is for Future House Farm
Today's the first day of PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo that I almost completely forgot to blog. Yikes! Now I'm about to run out the door for a busy weekend, so here's today's brief and nearly forgotten look at an "F"-named blog.... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 6: Ezra Pound Cake is exactly what I hoped it would be but thought it wouldn't be!
Belgianwaffle is chugging right along with its chronicle of every place the author's ever lived, but it's still not a food blog. And despite my earlier promise, my lunches have remained steadily pathetic. Guess not everything needs to change in one week, right? Still, I'm feeling like some more inspired meals may be in my future, because today I successfully stumbled upon an actual food blog in my perusing of NaBloPoMo's "E"-name blogs, one that I clicked on with the assumption that I was about to be disappointed, once again, by a site cleverly but irrelevantly named. Ezra Pound Cake,... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 5: Distractible Jane airs her regrets
Dear Distractible Jane,Your blog entry today made me chuckle. I was too nervous to drink last night-- I had just one Strongbow (and some of Twain's curry chicken salad, which I was also too riled up to finish at the time, but which I've been intensely craving the picked-over remainders of all day)-- but I kind of regret not sharing your day-after regrets. There was just so much to celebrate! It would have been the best worst morning of my life. Instead, it was just one of best best mornings. Less hung-over but equally proud,-RachaelPS: For those just getting in on the PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo action, here's some more information on the project.... read more
Trailer Stash: The Reader, Fanboys, Cadillac Records, more
And now, a brief look at a few of the latest movie trailers to hit the web:... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo, Day 4: Cello Centered gets my vote
So! It's election day! Kind of a big deal, right? Right! Thusly, I tackled the “C” section of NaBloPoMo's November blog roll expecting a barrage of political chatter: Last-minute advocating on the behalf of beloved candidates, fervent ranting, harried tales of voting booth kerfuffles, or at least a bit of griping about how SNL's Presidential Bash last night was kinda super lame. But not one of the blogs I clicked through this morning even so much as mentioned “election day” or “voting” or “democratic process” or “averting the course of American history” or anything. Not nothin'. ... read more
Friends are Friends Forever: An Instant Messenger Analysis of Michael W. Smith's YouTube Community
MARK: ohmy god BWE i think this is the greatest thing ever posted on the internet KATE: is that the chipmunk voice, i can't tell what she's saying MARK: it's a classic michael w. smith song... read more
Trailer Stash: Angels & Demons, Slumdog Millionaire, Valkyrie, My Name is Bruce!, more
And now, a brief look at a few of the latest movie trailers to hit the web:... read more
PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo 2008, Day 3: Belgianwaffle isn't what you think
Thus far, I haven't been very clear about the criteria by which I'm selecting these blogs to blog about. That's because no real criteria exists. The first two days of PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo involved a lot of clicking around and browsing and brow-furrowing and yawning until I landed upon something suitable. Today, though, I deliberately scanned the "B"-list for blogs titles that seemed most indicative of potential awesomeness.... read more
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