DC Blogs Noted:
Breaking up with Amy
Dealing in Subterfuges
This writer isn't the only person who enjoys reading newspaper advice columnists, some of whom she agrees with, some of whom make her cranky. But when an advice columnist takes aim at those of us who blog, accusing us of having no respect for privacy and no life outside the internet, our writer decides enough is enough. – By Reya also recommended by Cube.
Ok, clearly if Amy has ever read any blogs, they've been truly shitty ones (you know--the ones that have the meme of the week and quizzes like "Which Taco Bell Super Value Menu Item Are You?" as their sole content). Making a sweeping generalization like that about a genre that includes (as she herself points out) "more than 70 million blogs worldwide" is simply irresponsible: there's no way that none of the people maintaining 70 million blogs are having "actual experiences ...
Also Noted
Aggressive driving fun in DC: At first, getting honked at for not driving like a total spaz makes me nervous and defensive, now it just fuels the fire that is ... me. Now that I have my DC plates, I feel more justified in honking at people with out of state plates … says Ginapalooza.
It’s a bull market for blogs tracking DC’s real estate market. A new add to the dcblogs' list: The Housing Bubble in Washington DC, which is recommending (hyperbole assumed) panic. Also new: for a softer landing perspective, see Virginia Real.
Prison Haiku. In jail on charges of piracy is Throwing Hammers. The poet prepares for Reya’s blogger poetry experiment. Comforted by Washington Cube who offers treats.
Tourist Report: aventures à cheeseburgerland or DC by night. From Tristan & America. In French.
Compare and contrast: DC metro will never compare to the Tube, writes Annie of Like the Northern Line, Only Faster ... The trains are pretty infrequent a lot of the time, and there are too few carriages to fill a platform.
Escalator exercise program: … So I watched as she reached the bottom, only to turn around, hop on the upward escalator and do lunges up the steps. A report from the Woodley Metro by My Parents Kicked Me Out.
Sunday nights may be the biggest open secret in the District, writes the District Brat. One place that I have found to have consistent large crowds of DC fashionistas on Sunday nights: Modern in Georgetown.
Pittsburgh says DC Sports.
Yes, I’m Taking Pictures on the Metro Again, writes Princess Sparkle Pony.
posted by kob @ 12:51 AM
5 Comments:
Thanks for the props, folks. Let's hope Amy Dickinson doesn't get wind of this and put a hit out on me.
Thanks for the sports mention. I would encourage all to click over there and read the complex mathematical formulas used to determine this years Super Bowl winner.
Thank you Jordan, Captain --
Jordan, you would a much better job than Amy.
Captain: Pittsburgh it is.
Thanks for the mention, guys. I hope I can keep at this blogging thing with the same level of devotion y'all have.
What a great site »
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