blog day

…world blog day.

To celebrate it, I decided to peruse the blogrolls at BlogHer.

1. The first blog that I found interesting and want to highlight is An Oxymoron Is Not An Idiot With Zits. She had me at Yee Haw!
   

   In 1966, the world was graced with my presence. The first doctor that laid eyes on me said I was so beautiful. I offered to sleep with him because he was jewish and a doctor. I figured this would please my mother and keep me comfortably in the retail heaven I would soon become accustomed to. He declined and told me to call him back when I turn 40. He’s 80 now. God bless you, Dr. Edelstein, wherever you are. I have the Viagra. All I need is your phone number.

   Happy birthday, CP.

2. Stacie Penney writes Raspberry Latte. It’s a blog about life, books, family, and whatever strikes her fancy. She wrote a poem that really struck a cord with me.
3. moi writes my occupied territory. It is a blog dealing with race, ethnicity, and politics. Her profile says it all:
   

   a recent college graduate attempting to vent feelings and rationalize the happenings in this world through this space. although i have occupied this blog, i do not plan on enforcing this occupation through concrete barriers that will prevent visitors from traveling though this site. Nor will I use security check points to make sure that individuals have the right nationality/race/ethnicity in order to comment. this blog is an expression of my thoughts on international politics, human rights, globalization, culture, and society with a focus on the Middle East from an Arab American perspective.

4. post doc ergo propter doc reiterates many of the same issues that I think many people in academia feel. Her 10 things I wish someone had told me is insightful, poignant, and witty.
   

   Total synthetic chemist people also speak a different language to the rest of the chemistry world. Only theirs is the world of 50 step reactions to some obscure marine natural product that will be no bloody use to anyone. The great benefit of their work (apart from occasionally synthesising something quickly and usefully) is the techniques, reactions and procedures they develop along the way. Scifinder Scholar or Crossfire Commander is the universal translator for this work, turning obscure synthesis into something meaningful and useable for the masses.

5. ¡Masala Fabi, Pura Vida! is the writing of Mari, a Costa Rican woman living in Mumbai with her Indian husband and their son, Fabi.
   

   When you have interacted with other children you have learned to kiss on the cheek, and to hug. But I like when you surprise strangers with a flying kiss or when you wave good-bye in reply of someone’s greeting. You’re quite the charmer when it comes to meeting people.