November 2007

• Amazon.com: Knitted Icons: 25 Celebrity Doll Patterns: Books: Carol Meldrum
  For Lizzy – to figure out Zach
  (tags: knitting rockstars madonna knitteddolls dolls)
• Working “In the Closet” Hurts Both Employee and Employer
  No kidding. Who knew?
  (tags: GLBT work out closeted comingout)
• Mi Compañera | RHRealityCheck.org
  (tags: abortion womenshealth abortiondoula doula)
• NPR: Jill Sobule Sings ‘No’ to Grownups in Slutty Costumes
  (tags: jillsobule halloweensong adultcostumes women)
• Largehearted Boy: Daily Downloads (Dri, Grace Potter, and more)
  Erin w/ Melissa from 2006
  (tags: ErinMcKeown Melissaferrick tothestars mp3 download)

I’m about to do my daily duty and vote for a few of my favorite blogs in the 2007 Weblog Awards. (Yes, you can vote once a day in each category.) This is who I’m voting for, and why.

Best LGBT – Mombian. I like Pam’s House Blend but she wins everything. I adore Susie Bright and wish there was some other more “right” category for her blog, but there isn’t, so I just can’t vote for her in this one. Darn it. I also like Republic of T (and read it every day) but Mombian is the finalist I read every single day – and link to often.

Best Diarist – Dooce. I know, she wins everything – even stuff she maybe shouldn’t. I thought long and hard about this and of all of the finalist, hers is the blog that I look forward to every single day – whether it’s a story about George! or a picture of Chuck or whatever. I still love her blog and until I don’t, or someone comes close to drawing that much of my attention, she gets my vote in this category.

Best Online Community – Duh. BlogHer. I suspect you don’t me to list the reasons. Though I could, if you like.

And in the Best Parenting Blog – hands down Notes From the Trenches. No competition, at all, for my vote. None. Even if she did deceive us with that whole Big Yellow House thing. And she beats her kids and forces them to eat pork chops and do slave labor while she sits around eating chocolate and chatting with other slacker moms on the phone. Yea. I want to be Chris when I grow up. Except all of those boys? Err no, I’ll stick with my six now that I think about it.

Who are you voting for, and why?

And thanks Scoble, for posting a wee bit of video from the big day.

• Surrender, Dorothy
  She’s held up WELL under Republican fire on her husband’s penis, and I am very impressed with her ability to keep it together under most circumstances – another reason I think she’s the right choice for a first female president. It’s going to be rough fo
  (tags: Hillary Hillary08 HillaryClinton)

• Shop ’til you drop? No, shop like you rock! | BlogHer
  Holiday shopping tips for the frugal and frantic shopper
  (tags: shopping shoppingtips holidayshopping frugal)