September 14, 2009

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  God I hate gimmicky titles.

  Anyway.

  I pulsed the other day that I had deleted a number of old subscriptions of mine. I thought that after 2+ years, it seemed most likely they had left the building. In addition, it seems that only 5-10 of my subscriptions have posted anything in the last week at any given time. Even today, only one or two of my subs have posted something! It isn’t enough to even keep me entertained during my coffee breaks!

  Thus, I’m looking for new and interesting people to sub to. That’s where you come in. If you know somebody who is interesting and entertaining to read, tell me about them, and I’ll add them to my sub list. They can be big bloggers, but chances are I already know about them, so it’d be nice to have some smaller ones as well. It’s a way for you to be nice to two friends at once!

  To get the ball rolling I thought I’d list some bloggers I enjoy reading.
  (note: I collected a larger list of people I enjoy, and then randomly selected which few I would list here, so don’t worry if you don’t see your name, you’re still my favourite xangan!)

  bricker59 – I’m not sure we’ve ever spoken, but nevertheless I really think he runs a good blog. His stuff is consistently entertaining, and definitely worth a look. His site is a bit larger, so you probably already know about him, though.

  Leonidas – In the past few weeks I think he’s come back from a bit of a break on xanga. His posts are not only thoughtful, but also bring together a wide variety of sources on a number of current topics (most of which are American, but if that doesn’t bother you…)

  eminemsrevenge – a bit edgy, he claims to be something of a pariah. You can decide that for yourself, I suppose, but his blog is interesting and consistent, though also very topically American (I’m beginning to see a pattern in that…). Also, his latest book is downloadable for free! (the link’s on his blog for a limited time only – hurry!)

  celestialteapot – this guy’s previous incarnation (the name of which I can’t remember right now), it seems to me, was less standoffish, but had fewer graphics. Of course, I could just be imagining things. Anyway, he has more than just cogent points, but also lots of pretty pictures and charts and things!

  KyjotheIII – this isn’t his first site, but a lot of his old traditions continue still. Who doesn’t love the regularity of a weekly diss list! When he does differ from that regularly scheduled material, it’s worth reading.

  As I said before, there are many others who I didn’t have space to name, as well as a number I didn’t list because, despite being quite an interesting read, I figured they were either a) big enough that if you liked them you’d have subscribed to them by now or b) are on some kind of break from blogging.

  So let’s have it – who do you recommend subbing to? They don’t have to be clever or witty, intellectual or even always interesting! Just some of that, some of the time! (because, as another one of my subs said the other day, “Of the Xangans who make a try for satire, humor, irony, or something similar, about 99% of them fail miserably 100% of the time.”) Anyway, out with it! Don’t be shy. 

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