Finally… they actually managed to nominate some people for best-non-weblog content that actually have good non-weblog content.
Of course, i am still better… (actually, i’m a wee obsessed with Photojunkie at the moment… two things especially: his archives are sorted by which camera he used, and his last series of pictures was all of local singer-songwriters. How neat is that!)
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I’m not much of a fan of pornography. I have always been a bit of a feminist and, even though i know that it’s a stock argument, i typically find porn distasteful primarily because of how degrading it is towards women. There’s just something about selling the image of submissiveness, passivity, eager willingness, or nymphomania as something for men to get off too that bothers me. Of course, i don’t really have much of a daily interaction with porn, other than the inexplicably endless stream of advertisements for it that i receive every morning when i check my email. Reading the incredibly entertaining True Porn Clerk Stories, i found myself wondering What would i do if i worked in a porn store? I mean, other than get hit on by all the guys picking up twink videos. The fact of the matter is, i’m not sure how i would react to the often times disturbing or disgusting videos that were brought up to the counter, or how i would reconcile my feminism with what i was selling. Ali Davis does both in her stories, in a way that is both amusing and honestly very thought-provoking. A very high-quality read (blogged from Tweebiscuit, who i hadn’t read in a long time).
Via the very-hilarious Darn Tootin’: Ecospheres are the absolutely perfect gift for so many different people that i still have to buy for that i almost don’t care that the cheapest model is $80. How can you go wrong with a desk ornament that has an entire living world of sea-creatures inside of it that you never need to take care of? Yes, it’s sea-monkey’s without the awful plastic tank and the awful inevitable death-stink. Or, in the words of the immortal Carl Sagan: “You even wonder if it’s cruel to put them in this crystal prison. But you reassure yourself that at least here they are safe from whales and oil slicks and cocktail sauce.” Cool, eh?
I don’t read enough blogs these days… i feel as though i’m illiterate when it comes down to pencil in all the things that occur to me during the day. As such, i am on a great-blog-hunt for witty writing and fun talented people… and i’ve found that surfing from Blogger’s “10 most recently published blogs” list just helps me find the people who aren’t witty or talented. Do they all use MoveableType now? Anyhow, I will report my findings as i find them.
The first is just a hilarious story on a blog i’ve read before (and some spectacular destop publishing at another). In fact, just about every story is hilarious. Go there. Also, blogged from the link-laden Eclectica, Google’s year-end Zeitgeist… perhaps the best cultural indicator there is? Just one look at the Gaining and Declining queries should tell you. Also, i’m already sick of all this Trent Lott crapola that everyone is blogging about, but through it i discovered Eschaton, which is named after the game in Infinite Jest that makes Quidditch look like pong. Oh, and, i like him (read the starbucks post).