Bloggerhood Etc. 5/11/15

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Best List. “5 Reasons Why So Many Christians Are Feeling Burned Out Right Now” by Benjamin J. Corey at Formerly Fundie.

Best Question. “What’s the Point of a Professor?” by Mark Bauerlein at The New York Times.

Best Interview. “We Are All the Ages We Have Ever Been: An Interview with Rachel Held Evans” by Greg Garrett at Faithful Citizenship.

Best Local Sports Story. “Pressure point: The NFL hopes of an entire city will rest on Mariota’s shoulders” by Austin Meek at The Eugene Register Guard.

Best New Musical Instrument. “The HUMMbucker Electric Kazoo, A Screeching Kazoo That Plugs Into an Amplifier” by Rebecca Escamilla at Laughing Squid.

Best Photoblog. “37 Photos That Prove Little Kids Suck at Hide and Seek” by Ilana at MommyShorts.

Best Dad Post. “Hey, Tom Brady” by John Pavlovitz.

Best Generational Landmark. “The Oregon Trail Generation: Life Before and After Mainstream Tech” by Anna Garvey at Social Media Week.

Best Story. “The Man Who Broke the Music Business” by Stephen Witt at The New Yorker.

Best Video Guide. “Airplane Etiquette” by Glove and Boots (via YouTube).

To catch up on the great posts I’m reading online and to get a sneak preview of next week’s candidates, check out my new Around the Blogosphere board on Pinterest.

Bloggerhood Etc. 4/20/15

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Must Read. “I was a Lampedusa refugee. Here’s my story of fleeing Libya – and surviving” by Hakim Bello at The Guardian.

Best Reminder. “Because People Will Die Today” by John Pavlovitz.

Best Dad Post. “To My Wife: Thank You” by Carl Wilke at Big Cheese Dad.

Best Mom Post. “The Tyranny of Mrs. Pepper” by Evelyn Shoop at Momsicle.

Best Satire. “All Hail Hillvetica, the Hillary Clinton Typeface” by John Browlee (font design by Rick Wolff) at Fast Company.

Best Gremlin Post (tie). “Punching My Gremlins in the Face” by Leanne Sype at Writings and Ruminations and “How I Got Rid of the Gremlins” by Andee Zomerman  at Nature of a Servant.

Best Special Needs Post. “The Invitation Game” by Robert Rummel-Hudson at Support for Special Needs.

Best Story. “How This ‘Mad Scientist’ Helped Shape the Music of Jack White, Trent Reznor, and ZZ Top” by Leigh Buchanan at Inc.

Best List. “A Graphic Reminder to Be Kind to My Child” by Brent Almond at Designer Daddy.

Best Video. (That’s Also a List). “Top Ten Futuristic Products” by Glove and Boots (via YouTube).

To catch up on the great posts I’m reading online and to get a sneak preview of next week’s candidates, check out my new Around the Blogosphere board on Pinterest.

Bloggerhood Etc. 4/13/15

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Still in the midst of an extended break. The blog will pick up again soon, I promise. In the meantime, here’s the best of the last two weeks …

Best Holy Week Trilogy, Part One. “Stripping the Altar” by Cara Strickland at Little Did She Know.

Best Holy Week Trilogy, Part Two. “The Dark and Beautiful Cross” by Alise Wright at Knitting Soul.

Best Holy Week Trilogy, Part Three. “With Scars and All” by Eric Immel, SJ at The Jesuit Post.

Best List. “Ten Reasons Why Christians Should Give Pizza to Everybody” by Micah J. Murray at Redemption Pictures Blog.

Best Special Needs Post. “Love Pushes Us to the Front of the Crowd” by Gillian Marchenko at Not Alone.

Best Graphic. “What Your Favorite Map Projection Says About You” by xkcd.

Best News. “Beloved Brontosaurus Makes a Comeback” by Ewen Callaway at Nature.

Most Unexpected. “In Defense of Marriage” by Daniel Pelfrey at Post-Postmodern Dad.

Best Commentary. “Thomas Cromwell Was the Islamic State of His Day” by Dominic Selwood at The Guardian.

Best Video. “Donall and Conall Meet Richard Dawkins” by Lutheran Satire (via YouTube).

To catch up on the great posts I’m reading online and to get a sneak preview of next week’s candidates, check out my new Around the Blogosphere board on Pinterest.