A Few Choice Blogs

The weblog is a very compelling recent phenomenon. On one hand, you have the rapid proliferation of tonnes of intriguing new ideas and experiences, shared across the globe. But on the other, you have a totally self-righteous, narcissistic outlet for people to digitally puke out the most mundane details of their days. I've been spewing out my views and stories in this space for over a year now. While I've tried to keep it as interesting as possible, there have been occasional less-than-stellar posts. But even Reggie Miller missed a shot every once in a while, right?

Anyway, below are a few of the blogs I frequent the most. These are all friends and acquaintances, and since I visit their online diaries on a regular basis, they deserve a shout-out. It's especially convenient when you're looking for updates on people abroad. Most of them are linked on the left, but here I'll give a little more background.

First and foremost is my brother Musky. He's been in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean (on a map, find Hawaii, then go southwest) since February. To keep busy he's doing environmental research and learning the intricacies of Maori dance. He'll be back later this summer, but dig his blog for what life is like on a tiny island on the other side of the world.

To read about another stranger in a strange land, check out Kearnesy in Korea. This is my good buddy Terry Kearnes from Lakefield, Ontario who's on a year-long contract teaching English in Ansan, South Korea. He's always got a great story to tell about being part of the white minority in an Asian country. Funny stuff.

There's another dude from Lakefield abroad. That's Chicken and he's in Australia. He doesn't update his blog that often, but whenever he does he's always got some great party experience to share. Lucky bastard.

Another great storyteller is Vancouver-based Caaleb, my Weather Network colleague. Some of the most hilarious day-to-day observations I've ever seen in a blog. Every time I need a good chuckle I know I can count on him. This dude also knows his tunes, so check it out for some good music recommendations.

For more great social commentary, check out Chunk, the mastermind behind this website. Very sharp-looking blog with some great morsels of wisdom here and there. But to keep it balanced, he also injects morsels of gongery once in a while.

A new blog that just popped up is my buddy Matt's, a high school teacher in northeast Ohio. I met this dude while I was living in Akron two years ago, and he's got some very refreshing political views in the corrupt face of the current American administration.

An up-and-coming photoblog is Ian's. He's a stellar shooter, so dig his pics. For you computer heads, dig what my old buddy from Germany Matthias has to say. It's way over my head, but some of you might find it useful.

Finally, for now, we have the esteemed LOGAN. The fact that his site even exists sometimes makes me question whether this is still even real life. A hardline Luddite from way back (dude is an Arborist and knows just as much about nature as my ancestors), he had a harsh hate-on for all things technological, ESPECIALLY computers. But we can all benefit from this recent about-face. Logan has embraced the internet as an outlet for some of his unique outlooks.

That's it for now...I'm leaving out some others, but I will post about them later. If you have more to recommend, please leave them in the comments! I'd really like to check them out.

Peace for now.
W.

Posted by waub at May 23, 2005 07:56 PM