A while back, Shamus wrote about the tendency for blogs (and bloggers) to get stuck in a closed loop, constantly reading and linking to the same group of blogs. I’m as guilty as anyone (plus, I have a tendency to not link other blogs at all), so in an effort to combat the blogging equivalent of inbreeding, here are links to three blogs I’ve never linked before:
- 79 Soul: The Year in Review, 2006: My friend Roy (aka Samael, who you might remember from his various appearances on this blog) has actually started blogging over at his buddy’s site, and has posted a year in review that includes references to movies, music, and graphic novels.
- The Amateur Gourmet: Chutzpah, Truffles & Alain Ducasse: I have no idea how I stumbled upon this, but it’s great. The amateur gormet chronicles how he managed to scam his way into an absurdly expensive restaurant for a free meal. In comic form. Go and read, it’s excellent.
- Russell Davies: how to be interesting: I think most bloggers are already doing a bunch of these things, but it’s an interesting (pun not noticed at first, but it actually works kinda well) post anyway.
That’s all for now. I hope everyone has a happy new year!
Hey Kaedrin,
Thanks for the link and the namedrop. Any friend of Roy’s is a friend of mine. 🙂
I’m pretty excited about our new little project. We’ll see how it shapes up.
Heh, no problem. I’ve already dangled the blogroll carrot in front of Roy (not that it’s particularly valuable, but still), so keep up the good work…
It’s definitely hard not to get stuck that way. I’m not sure I think of it as a problem, though. I have a (growing) list of blogs that I try to look at, and, seriously, it’s getting out of control. I don’t have time to read that many!
Heh.