Blogrolling Downhill Gathers No Moss, Or Something

OK, I admit it: It's been a while since I updated the blogroll.  Pursuit of Happiness, who is my favorite wine-swilling, barbecue-building, right-wing nut-job (and I mean that in the nicest way), who's been languishing in the "We'll See" list since, judging by the sarcasm in a couple of off-line snotty remarks he's made, 1934, moves to Every Day.  I'd like to say that I'm doing this purely as an act of tokenism, but the truth is I check his blog every day and enjoy it most of the time, except when he's obnoxious and stupid.  In that case, I feel a certain affinity with Pursuer, because obnoxious and stupid are my hobbies, too.  Still, he needs to be taught a lesson, and one day I will track him down and show him what Democrats could accomplish if the voters would just give us the power to chose the wine.  You can have your Chianti and cabernet, Pursuit; I'm hitting back hard with a reserva tempranillo...for the people!

I'm moving Digby and Skippy out of Every Day because I've been busy lately and "every day" happens pretty often.  I'm not doing it because Skippy ignores my emails and it's incredibly insulting that someone named "Skippy" would ignore me.  I'm not I'm not I'm not.  Also out of Every Day, the late, lamented Farm Accident Digest, which no longer exists.  NewMexiKen, which also no longer exists, stays, partially as a tribute to NewMexiKen himself, who is nice, but also because I'm hedging my bet that he'll be back.

Let's see, what else? 

Oh, yeah: College Ball, Island of Balta, Naughty Girl X, Wasted Electrons and Karmic Irony all go to When I've Got a Moment because, respectively, it's not basketball season, you're not updating enough, you're not naughty enough, I don't like cats and I've been really busy.  I highly recommend, by the way, my When I've Got a Moment list, because there are some gems there.  The problem is that right now I don't have many moments.

Now in the We'll See window are:

Give Me the Booger, which I'd feature just based on the title.  It's written by S.J., a self-described liberal Alabama mom.  I love the way she writes because it sounds a lot like the way I write, but not regretable. 

ktothac's Xanga site, which is utterly without merit except for one thing: It's written by my niece.  She doesn't update it often enough; it has all the earmarks of one of those blogs that lasts about three weeks, but We'll See.  Mark my words, though: Niece or no niece, I'll be heartless in cutting her off the list in a week if she doesn't a) start updating and b) figure out how to add me to her blogroll.  Her brother's nickname, by the way, is Skinny Butt.  You'd know why if you met him.

The Minor Fall, the Major Lift, which I've been enjoying a lot lately. 

I Blame the Patriarchy, which made me mad the first time I visited until I realized: It's a joke.  In fact, it's a really funny joke, or a set of really funny jokes, or something.  But it's really funny.  While I don't normally refer you to blogs that are funnier than mine -- I have adequacy issues and fear you'll never be back -- I feel compelled to recommend this one.  This is how I would write like if I could write like I wanted.  Well, this or John McPhee, depending on the oxygen level in my blood.

Along with not referring people to funnier blogs, I also generally don't recommend blogs written by guys with tatoos and mullets.  Well, rules are meant to be broken, especially by guys with tatoos and mullets, so here's Thunder and Roses.  It's written by the regretably named Zonker, who should realize that tatoos and a mullet can be surgically removed if you've got a big job interview coming up or something.  Zonker is smart and funny and wild, and I bet he's fun to drink with, though I imagine he'd be embarrassed to be seen with me and my glass of Reserva Rioja.   I can't quite put my snobbish finger on why, but I look forward to reading his stuff, even if I don't understand entirely what he's talking about or why he's talking about it.  Maybe I'm just attracted to bad boys with a bit of poetry in them.

Finally, there's Michelle over at Wolf Madness.  She's fun to read all the time, with lists of wine she likes to drink and stories of climibing and hiking up in the mountains behind Boulder.  Michelle's an Every Day because she's writing bravely and truly about her breast cancer.  It's not the maudlin kind of cancer thing; her experience is a wonderful reflection of her personality, which is active and optimistic and just-plain-fun-to-be-with.  She's doing fine, by the way, and will be free soloing (it's a climbing thing, you dirty minded perverts) in no time.  We're working on getting her to post pictures of her new breasts, and probably pix of her old breasts as well, so we can compare the two...actually, the four...purely for scientific purposes.  She's not buying, so at some point when she gets healthy again I'll lose interest and drop her down to When I Get a Moment.

Hey, life's cruel.

Comments

[Pursuit]

Wasn't it Dean Wormer who said obnoxious and stupid was no way to go through life? Well I'm here to tell ya, the man was wrong. Dead wrong!

I'm looking forward to a sip of the people's best my friend, thanks for the upgrade.

[Scott Chaffin]

Farm Accident Digest is now With Cheese!
http://withcheese.net/

[zonker]

Thanks for listing me, dude. If you're ever in the Atlanta area, drop a line and we'll catch up for a good meal and a tasty beverage or two. I'll get a babysitter for the midgets and everything.

[Wally]

TheHotLibrarian deserves at least an occassional look especially after you got me hooked.

[SJ]

Thanks for the link. As I said before, glad to see you stop by my blog... who knew cussing could be so endearing? (And I'll reciprocate links shortly.)

[Randy]

I see where you put Digby. Have you tossed Skippy for good?

[michelle]

It's already been posted by here is the new bald and bare boobies look I'm sporting.