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April 28, 2006
Juxtaposition of Reality and Fantasy
The burstiest people in the blogosphere represent the vastly different realms of reality (as re-created by the movie industry) and fantasy (as spun off by the movie industry).
The reality: Flight 93
David Beamer, the father of one of the passengers killed aboard Flight 93 in Pennsylvania on 9/11, ranks atop the list of burstiest people today for his thumbs-up review of the movie in the Opinion Journal. "It is not too soon for this story to be told, seen and heard," he writes. "But it is too soon for us to become complacent." Adds blogger Joe, at Joe's Dartblog: "There's something to be said for being made to remember."
The fantasy: Battlestar Galactica spinoff
Sci-fi fans are agog at plans for a Battlestar Galactica spinoff titled Caprica, and that's why producer David Eick is today's second-burstiest person with fellow producer William Adama at No. 3. The announcement is the subject of today's fourth most-shared link. The blogger at Raging Kraut, well, rages, while Poliblog is willing to give the effort the benefit of a doubt.
Google goes 3-D
Less than two months after acquiring Boulder-based @Last Software, Google has gone public with its free Sketchup 3-D download and a warehouse of 3-D images (todays No. 2 and 6 most-cited URLs, respectively). Random bloggers provide examples of the software's capabilities, including the Google logo itself.
Yahoo, too
Not to be outdone, Yahoo has released GoTV (today's No. 33 most-shared link) and Babelfish translation this week as well.
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April 27, 2006
Tony's New Boss, Robert's Current Boss
Lots of employer-employee relations issues crop up in the blogosphere today, now that Fox News' Tony Snow (today's 2nd-most-discussed and 7th-burstiest person in the blogosphere) has taken over for Scott McClellan in front of the White House microphone, an issue among today's top news stories. Of course, also making news is Snow's own assessments of the Bush White House and presidency of late, as captured by today's top blog post from Think Progress. A fox in the White House, quips one blogger. And no more was the appointment hinted at than commentators starting throwing around the "Snow job" term (they had to see if coming?)
Scoble, staying where I am
Also talking employment issues if Microsoft's blogger Robert Scoble, who takes a hard look at his employer, his job and his mission at the world's largest software maker in today's 5th-most-cited blog post. Will he un-do the anonymous blogger know as Mini-Microsoft?
Save the Internet...
A campaign to save the Internet from what some people view as a Congressional sell-out is picking up steam at TPM Cafe (today's No. 7 top blog post), with support now coming from Daily Kos as well.
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April 26, 2006
Helpful Advice, and Plummeting Polls Amid Non-Plummeting Prices
Oh, the blogosphere can be filled with helpful advice, if you're an author who wants inside advice on how publishers determine a book's potential to hit the big time (subject of today's top blog post), or if you want to know how IT geeks can creatively take down less-than-ethical executives (No. 16 top blog post). A potential author comments, and some IT folks suggest IT Appreciation Day (just in case).
Up..and down
Today's two most-cited news stories tell a tale of up and down. As gasoline prices keep going up, former oilman President George Bush is watching his ratings continue to drop to a new low, with only 32% of Americans approving of his performance. Which no doubt leads to today's third most-cited news story, a New York Times piece about airlines considering standing-room-only seats as a way to get more from each gallon by cramming even more passengers into a giant airborne, metal tube. Like THAT will make getting to the restroom and around the snack cart a whole lot easier, eh?
Names in the news
Name-dropping is big today, too as recently fired CIA analyst Mary McCarthy (today's sixth most-cited personality) insists she wasn't the source of classified intelligence about secret prisons, and Fox correspondent Tony Snow's name is bandied about as the next White House press secretary. One blogger wonders if the Fox News execs will ask him to quit? And urban planners everywhere are mourning the death of Jane Jacobs, today's burstiest person, credited with modern-day thinking about the future and designs of modern cities. My hero!, exclaims one LiveJournaler.
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April 25, 2006
The Thrill (Sigh) of Changing Political Stripes (Yet Again)
Oh sure, there's lots of unrest and frustration with today's political scene, and much of its capturedi n today's No. 2 most-cited blog post from Libercontrarian Nicholas Horianopoulos...about why he's' changing parties (again), this time from Libertarian to Independent. The comments are as insightful as Hornianpoulos' own disappointments.
Speaking of politics, we took a little BlogPulse poll, using the Trend Graph feature to track phrases that discuss the upcoming 2006 mid-term Congressional elections and the 2008 Presidential election. The Prez won.
Blasts from the past
Arthur J. Schlessinger, who served as an adviser to President John F. Kennedy, returns to the spotlight today (No. 3 most-blogged person) for this quote: "There is no more dangerous thing for a democracy than a foreign policy based on presidential preventive war," which is also today's fourth most-cited phrase in the blogosphere. Schlessinger made the statement in a Washington Post essay examining President Bush's final 1,000 days in office, today's 37th-most-cited news story.
Spy-ly speaking
Talking Points Memo has far more questions than "60 Minutes" had (today's No. 5 most-cited news link) for former CIA guy Tyler Drumheller, today's' No. 21 most-blogged personality.
Just for fun
Hey ladies! Always forgetting somtehing important when you grab the purse and run out the door? Thought so, which is why Gizmodo's RFID-enabled pursue is featured in one of today's most-read blog posts. It was developed at Simon Fraser University in Canada (RFID stands for radio frequency identification, a technology that uses tiny transmitters/receivers to track the movement or locations of items (or, what beeps when you walk out of a store with one of those tags that the clerk forgot to deactivate when you bought it. Hopefully). That piece links to another technology-enabled service, the Get out of Date Free card from SecureSingles, which sends you a pre-programmed bow-out message if your date's not going so swell.
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April 24, 2006
Leakiness Reigns and Monkeys Dance
Washington D.C. seems to be veritably dripping with leaks these days, as five of today's most-cited news stories have the word "leak" in their headlines. Coverage ranges from fired CIA agent Mary McCarthy (today's No. 5 most-blogged personality) to speculation that the Secretary of State has also been the source of leaks. Discuss.
Care to dance, monkey?
Some people are big-picture people, and that obviously applies to the creator of today's No. 10 most-cited link, Ernest Cline's Dance, Monkeys, Dance!" Anyone who attended grade school in the 1960s will remember the "ding!" sound from the film-strip format.
Got your agenda right here...
Other discoveries: The blogger at Angry Biscuit provides a bitey-tongue-in-cheeck (we think?) gay agenda for all of the "family" groups who have longed claimed there actually is such a thing. Dave Weiss' personalized tour of Microsoft's Macintosh lab has been among the most popular blog posts in the past few days, and TPM CAfe notes that no one's paying attention to bipartisan Congressional give-away of the Internet, which has led to a Save the Internet campaign.
Up, up and away...
And oh yeah: the phrase "gas prices" now has 49,701 blog results attached to it (and is the day's No. 24 most-cited phrase). Speaking of up and coming things, we turned to BlogPulse Trend Graphs today to gauge "buzz" about the upcoming 2006 Congressional mid-term elections and the 2008 Presidential election:
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April 21, 2006
Who's In, Who's Out?
Now that the long-rumored shake-up at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is under way, pundits are beginning to speculate about who will replace the empty seats, particularly that of White House spokesman Scott McLellan, among the week's most-blogged-about personality. Will it be Tony Snow? Or others?
Will McClellan and the Wal-Mart smiley-face logo head into the reitrement sunset together? Among the discussions is biting analysis from Duckplops and some other bloggers' unanswered questions for the outgoing press spokesperson before he goes out.
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April 19, 2006
"Deciders," Tagging and Investigative Opinions
You gotta hand it to this President of the United States: he likes to mix it up. Last week, he was being called the "leaker in chief" by others. This week, he's a self-declared "decider," (today's No. 5 most-cited news story) mostly because he's decided to keep Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (today's fifth most-cited personality) in place despite calls from six retired generals for Rumsfeld's replacement (and undoubtedly, we can only surmise, because the monker is so grammatically on par with his vast linguistic capabilities).
So here's a question: what would the President decide to do about the video featured in today's most-shared Web link...a video of graffiti artist Mark Ecko "tagging" (spray-painting) Air Force One? BoingBoing calls it "excellent faked video"...but Ecko's explanation is worth a listen.
Watergate deja vu
Someone with a strong opinion is writer Carl Bernstein, he of the 1970s Woodward-Bernstein duo who spearheaded journalistic investigations that led to the Watergate hearings and President Richard Nixon's resignation. His Vanity Fair essay calling for Senate hearings into the Bush Administraiton's policies (intelligence, war planning, domestic spying, competence) is today's fourth most-cited link. Discuss.
Star babies
The baby girl's name is Suri, and actress Katie Holmes and actor Tom Cruise are among today's most popularly blogged people because of the birth of their daughter...and because Tom actually said this (joking, one can only hope).
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April 18, 2006
Fun, Games and Blog Stats For All (With a Dose of Crime News on the Side)
If you want fun in the blogosphere, take advantage of the Da Vinci Code Quest code-cracking challenge issued today at the Official Google Blog. A lot of challenges, in fact, as the online contest featuring thousands of puzzlers is a partnership between Sony Pictures and Google in a buildup to release of the Da Vinci Code movie.
Blogosphere reading list
The LAist blog has a plug for an upcoming book The Lost Blogs: From Jesus to Jim Morrison by author Paul Davidson. And over at competitor Technorati, CEO Dave Sifry's "State of the blogosphere" is today's most-cited blog post, with a claim of 35 million blogs. That compares with about 26.4 million in the BlogPulse index. There's general enthusiasm among some bloggers for the continued growth, although Gaping Void does the math and estimates that if these growth rates continue, nearly one-third of the entire population will have a blog in just three short years. Other commentary examines the numbers while the Daily Nugget veteran blogger thanks readers ("all 23 of them") for keeping the art alive.
Michael Totten trots on...
World traveller/blogger Michael J. Totten has made it back to Iraq - something he set out to do by driving in from Turkey. "Awesome...required reading" is the review from GZ Expat, Part II blogger.
Blogging and crime?
Did suspected killer Kevin Ray Underwood (today's No. 6 burstiest person) hint at his cannibilistic tendencies in his blog? That's the subject of today's fifth most-cited news story. Also making crime-related news: recently indicted former Illinois Gov. George Ryan (burstiest person) and a certain President whose iPod selections just might not be legal.
Red state? Blue state? Pink state
For those contemplating the upcoming primary and general elections, today's No. 15 top link from the Washington Post examines the evolution of the red-blue-state phenomenon...and how the colors seem to be fading.
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April 17, 2006
Free Advice: Employment, Turducken Recipes and More!
The blogosphere is filled with advice today, with such hits as "How Not To Get A Job" (today's top blog post from Meyerweb), a look at the stupid questions potential employees have asked...and answered. Then there's a related USA Today article (No. 16 most-cited news story) about predicting a person's character based on how he/she treats a waiter. The Waiter Blog couldn't agree more. (Lee Raymond is one guy not complaining about his former job).
Peeps and chocolate. Yum.
Not sure what it is about Cadbury Cream Eggs, but last week's chocolate cake escapade seems pale in comparison to today's No. 2 top blog post, instructions from the Asteroid blog on how to make an Easter turducken (normally, a duck cooked inside a turkey) with Cadbury Cream Eggs and marshmallow peeps. Bon apetit? RockChickie's reaction is pretty typical.
Keeping technology under control
If you can't figure out where to keep all your techno-tools and gadgets, today's No. 5 most-cited news story from Wired lays out your carry-along options, with specific instructions for tools who still wear fanny packs. Or Google's calendar (today's No. 4 top link) might help with organizational skills, too.
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April 13, 2006
Full-Moon Projects Amid Easter Stuff, and Serious Commentary on the Side
It's full-moon time of year again, which may explain some of the oddities in today's most popular blog discoveries, such as a ShimiveJournal's Cadbury Cream Egg Cake (made with chocolate eggs instead of real eggs), today's top blog post. People with way too much time on their hands...at least make us laugh. (Which reminds me, since it's Easter season and all: the folks who do research on marshmallow Peeps are still out there, even if they don't show up in blog results). So is Bill O'Reilly, now on another holiday rant.
Serious discussions
The full moon also brings out serious discussions as well, including other top-cited blog posts today from No. 2. Whiskey Bar ("Mutually Assured Dementia") about the Iraq-like build-up to Iran), No. 7. Juan Cole's Informed Comment examination of the true nuclear threat from Iran (or lack thereof), world travel-blogger Michael J. Totten's continuing trip (No. 20) through Turkey toward Iraq, and Vanity Fair's James Wolcott examines the legacy of the late Terri Schiavo.
Whose spin?
Today's most-cited link and news story comes from the Washington Post's examination of those "biological weapons labs" (today's No. 2 most-used phrase) found in 2003 in Iraq as evidence of weapons of mass destruction. Good reporting of old news, asks MahaBlog, or more mainstream media news twisting of old news, ask very differently oriented bloggers?
More voices, louder
Ret. U.S. Army Gen. John Batiste is among the day's burstiest people (No. 16) for joining a chorus of other former military officers calling for the resignation of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and others at the Pentagon for their un-military-like conduct of war.
Passings...
Today's burstiest person is songster June Pointer, of the Pointer Sisters, who died Wednesday at age 52 of cancer. Some of the best sing-along-in-the-car music ever...
Easter treats
Which Easter treat are you anticipating most? Thought so.
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April 12, 2006
The Language...of Immigration Debates, Elections, Lost Hats and Beer-Flavored Ice Cream
The blog universe can be such a fickle place -- early in the week, liberal-leaning blogs were all over Seymour Hersh's New Yorker article about U.S. military plans for attacking Iran (since Sunday, it remains the blogosphere's top new story and most-cited link), while here at mid-week, conservative-leaning bloggers are all over the immigration rallies taking place throughout the U.S. But some of the best language on the debate comes from Hispanic blogger La Queen Sucia (today's No. 18 top blog post), who addresses point by point some of the issues raised in recently snarky e-mails she's received.
Which raises the issue: just what are the issues du jour over the past six months?A BlogPulse Trend Graph takes a look at some of them:
More language...about a boy's hat?
Gawker Media today recounts an e-mail exchange (today's No. 9 top blog post) among a group of New York parents over a lost-and-found post about a boy's hat. Garfield Ridge renames it the Park Slope Hat Spat, while a LiveJournaler might just prefer Amityville.
Phone jamming and other discoveries
The name of James Tobin appears among today's burstiest (No. 3) amid charges that some of the phone-jamming (for which Bush campaign operative Tobin has already been convicted) of Democratic call centers during the 2002 elections might have been directed from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Still speculation at this point.
Meanwhile, another country is looking at building another fence, the Engadget crowd reports that Microsoft's Vista has been successfully installed on a Mac (and Daring Fireball has more thoughts on Apple's Boot Camp Mac-to-Windows download), world traveler Michael J. Totten is trying to drive back into Iraq, and for beer lovers who also love ice cream, Ben & Jerry's is rolling out Black and Tan ice cream (today's No. 17 most-cited link). Fer real. Sold by the pint, one blogger points out.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at 10:59 AM | Permalink
April 11, 2006
Live From...New Orleans, the Immigration Protests, the U.S. Army and More
Eyewitness accounts are on tap today in the blogosphere, including the answer to this question: What's it like to live in New Orleans, seven months after Katrina blew threw? It's Not OK, says docBrite blogger (today's No. 5 most-cited blog post), a Crescent City resident who offers a list of problems with basic services - police patrols, electricity, water, transportation infrastructure, garbage pickup, medical care and debris removal. Not to mention the continuing discovery of more dead bodies. Kadymae blogger, who's driven close to the devastation, won't go any closer....ever. Witchofthedogs notes the importance New Orleans was given in the President's recent State of the Union speech.
Inside the immigration rallies
Bloggers have differing reactions to the immigration rallies being held throughout the U.S. in recent weeks, including PowerLine's focus on fringe groups who are getting involved to Wizbang's wonder that Democrats are recruiting votes at the rallies to columnist Mark Steyn's examination of the legal, political, economic and moral issues involved in the debate (today's No. 20 most-cited link). ThinkProgress documents a radio DJ's plan to just kill whomever crosses the border (he later claimed it was satire), while Echidne of the Snakes wonders when one issue (Congressional integrity, lobby reform, campaign finance reform, an exit strategy, Social Security) will stick, at least for longer than yelling TV pundits/slipper legislators can harangue about it before moving to the next topic.
You're in the Army now...or not
Another key issue today involves the New York Times' examination of retention rates among current U.S. Army officers, (today's No. 4 top link). Some bloggers are dissecting the Times' analysis of the numbers, while others look at the human toll of the Army's incentive plans to keep soldiers in uniform.
Blog funnies
Today's grins come from today's No. 2 top blog post, which features the top 100 best April Fool's jokes of all time, and BoingBoing's recipe (No. 33) for the Rapid Carbonic Geyser (you've been warned: read all the way through for cautions and hazards).
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April 10, 2006
That Other Country Starting with "I"
Writer Seymour Hirsch, the reporter who uncovered torture at Abu Ghraib, is at it again (today's No. 2-3 buristest person) for writing a piece in the New Yorker (today's most-cited link and most-cited news story) that indicates the Bush Administration is promoting diplomacy on one hand but also developing plans for strategic bombing strikes against Iran in hopes of overthrowing another leader they don't like, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad (today's burstiest person).
Bloggers react
Once he gets through all the ramifications of such an undertaking The Belgravia Dispatch blogger asks a central question: could the current administration even carry out something as strategic as this (given its record for other "strategery," a la Katrina and neighboring Iraq and Social Security and immigration reform)? Is such a thing insane, asks the Gaelic Starover blogger, or does this administration have a thing against bearded Middle Eastern leaders, jokes Norbusiness? Regardless of one's opinion, Hersh's piece has generated quite a few of them, based on BlogPulse's Conversation Tracker.
So which war are people discussing most? The war in Iraq? A possible war against Iran? The war on poverty? A war against immigration? A BlogPulse trend graph looks at the word "war" against those four entities: Iraq, Iran, poverty, immigration:
BlogPulse in the news
MSNBC's Dateline Mank Blog by correspondent Josh Mankiewicz looks at the popular celeb-sighting blog Gawker, which some celebrities think is akin to blog stalking. BlogPulse provides weekly data to "Dateline" for the blog segment.
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April 07, 2006
One Big Leak, And One Lone Voice
For those who were wondering what happened to the Valerie Plame investigation, all of the key players are baaaack....and their presence is felt in today's blog rankings. With news reports indicating that President Bush himself authorized the leaks of classified information by indicted VP aide "Scooter" Libby (today's most-blogged phrase), the old familiar names are back among today's bursty people -- Libby, former New York Times report Judith Miller, special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and Plame, the CIA agent who was outed, apparently in retaliation for her husband's criticsm of the intelligence that led to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Fine art, asks Political Bloviation? Leaker in Chief, asks the Accidental Blogger?
Like Mack, in Yertle the Turtle
One of my favorite Dr. Seuss stories is Yertle the Turtle, and when the name of Harry Taylor appeared as today's burstiest person in the blogosphere, I scratched my head. Harry who? I wondered. At a gathering with President Bush in North Carolina, he stood up and gave a small but eloquent piece of his mind to the Lea...er, Commander in Chief, as captured by Shakespeare's Sister blogger and Think Progress. (Mack, the lone turtle at the bottom of a thousand-turtle stack, finally spoke up shook the throne of Yertle, the turtle king, for those who don't know...).
Neither here nor there
Odds and ends from the blogosphere: Meredith Viera is moving from "The View" into Katie Couric's seat at "The Today Show," Powazek blogger wants an end to the term "user-generated content," the Department of Homeland Security has more than one accused sex offender and TPM Cafe blogger hopes the U.S. will listen to Israel about how to deal with Iran.
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April 06, 2006
The High Cost...of Bad Behaviors and Wars
Bad behavior seems to be today's running theme, what with U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney the subject of an arrest warrant for her run-in with Capitol police and Homeland Security official Brian J. Doyle (today's No. 2 burstiest person) under arrest for soliciting a teen for sex over the Internet (today's No. 21 most-cited news story).
As for the former, Georgia blogger Dignan, self-described "idealist and dreamer wandreing in a desert of cynicism," is so embarrassed by his elected representative that he's announcing his candidacy for her seat in Congress (today's No. 29 top blog post). The Palm Tree Pundit calls it "good news for embarrassed Georgians."
As to the latter, Captain's Quarters blog calls Doyle's arrest the result of "the gang that couldn't vet straight" and questions the appointee screening process at federal levels. Under a "Shadenfreude" headline, Mahablog examines a variety of troubling issues that arise when a top-ranking Homeland Security official gives out personal information so freely on his headlong visit to a sting operation.
"The Awesome Deferred"
A piece at Something Awful is today's 17th most-cited link for doing a little math about the cost so far of the Iraq War...and what $250 billion (with a b) could have otherwise purchased...such as 45 skyscrapers, full four-year scholarships for 7.2 million students, and $16,000 and a plane ticket to the U.S. for every adult in Iraq. Discuss. And remember this?
Springy stuff
What do a person's thoughts turn to as spring approaches? A BlogPulse trend graph has a few hints...
Posted by Sue MacDonald at 10:07 AM | Permalink
April 05, 2006
Do-Overs and Look-Backs: NYTimes, Katie Couric, Apple, the GOP and Feminism
There's a little something for everyone today, and that includes the weekend re-design of the New York Times Web site, the topic of today's second most-cited news story and primary source of today's news for bloggers. Gawker Media likes the eventuality of some of the new features; Apartment Therapy wonders whether readability has been sacrificed for design.
No more 4 a.m. alarms for Katie
NBC's Katie Couric, the belle of the "Today Show," is today's ninth most-blogged-about personality for announcing she'll jump ship to anchor the CBS evening news. Who will take Katie's place?
Apple in 30
Today's No. 9 top blog post from Engadget details 30 years in Apple products, from the original Apple 1 to today's MacBook Pro. You've come a long way. So have keyboards, the top 10 weirdest of which are featured today at fosfor gadgets.
The GOP: In flux
Now that Rep. Tom DeLay has resigned from Congress, he's not only today's most-blogged-about person, he's also the subject of six of today's most-cited news stories and his party is under examination for its emerging role as a religious party, at least according to commentator Kevin Phillips. And maybe even . Sen. John McCain is joining the bandwagon?
Feminism's many challenges
Among today's top blog posts is Dr. Sanity's re-purposing of an interview about the custom of female circumcision, and one blogger's reaction honestly questions just which culture is obsessed with what kind of thinking.
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April 04, 2006
Back to Reality: Tornadoes, Time Changes, Opening Day, Best Blogs...
So spending 12 days in Alaska, I've discovered, makes you think about things other than blogging and politics and technology and the burstiest stuff in the blogosophere. Like how to stay warm while touring the Fairbanks World Ice Art Championship sculpture park when it's 15 degrees outside. Or how to avoid the moose that wander across highways and side streets at will. Or how to keep one's hair from freezing while soaking in 104-degree hot springs water.
Activity flurries
But the past few days have been busy nonetheless, what with the start of the 2006 baseball season ("happy opening day" is today's most-blogged phrase), the not-so-welcome advent of Daylight Savings Time and the furious arrival of the 2006 tornado season.
Best blogs
Over at Wampum, the best 2005 Koufax Blog Awards have finally been announced (today's No. 3 top blog post) for the best liberal-leaning blogs. Among the winners: Crooks-'n-'Liars, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Unclaimed Territory and Shakespeare's Sister, among others.
Probably not what they expected
Today's fifth most-cited blog post from the Auto Blog provides links to make-it-yourself commercials that GM probably never intended for the Chevy Tahoe. A LiveJournaler joins the anti-gas-guzzler fun.
Blog bizarre-ities
Couldn't help but note these distrurbing blog discoveries, either. One of the day's most popular links provides tongue-in-cheek (but creepy, just the same) tips on how to avoid snakes on airplanes, while two other popular links, from Citizen Scientist and Prison Planet describe Dr. Erik Pianka's chilling plan (today's No. 2-3 burstiest person) for keeping worldwide population in check. "You first, fella," offers e-Claire blogger.
Gators? Really?
Bloggers apparently were caught off guard as much as other sports pundits by the Florida Gators' NCAA win over UCLA. A BlogPulse trend graph shows the Gators never gained the traction, even though they still took home the trophy...
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