Bloggerhood Etc. 6/8/15

Photo: Jeff Wysaski.

Best Photoblog. “Prankster Replaces Pet Names With New Labels In Local Pet Store” by Jeff Wysaski at Sad and Useless (via Obvious Plant Care).

Best Diagram. “The Shape of Story” by Christina Wodtke at Elegant Hack.

Best Comic. “Beer” at xkcd.

Best List. “5 Steps Toward Making Friends Out of Enemies” by Benjamin J. Corey at Formerly Fundie.

Most Mind Bending. “The Moon Terminator Illusion” by VSauce (via YouTube).

Best Dad Post. “Duck, Duck, Sloane” by Gary Mathews at Skipah’s Realm.

Best Special Needs Post “Her Fight, Our Fight” by Laura Smith at SLP Mommy of Apraxia.

Best Request. “Dear Donald Miller: Thank You, and Please Stop” by Emily A. Dause at Slivers of Hope.

 Most Tragic. “Two Lanes to Accockeek” by Michael Graff at SB Nation.

Best Cover of a Cover. “Mad World” by Peter Hollens via YouTube.

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

Bloggerhood Etc. 6/1/15

Second Battle of the Virginia Capes by V. Zveg (1962).

After a few weeks off (thanks to a stubborn chest cold), here is the best of the last twenty one days (give or take).

Best Dad Post. “Why I Want My Daughter to Curse” by Lorne Jaffe at Mighty.

Best List. “4 Signs Your Baby is Ready for Solid Foods” by Alice Callahan at Science of Mom.

Best Confession. “We Quit Our Jobs” by Liz von Ehrenkrook at So I Married a Youth Pastor.

Best Transition Post. “Commencing” by Cara Strickland at Little Did She Know. 

Most Surprising. “For One Irish Couple, Backing Gay Marriage Is a Matter of Family Values” by Hanna Ingber at The New York Times.

Best Commentary. “When Mean, Scared, Scary People Have Stolen My Jesus” by John Pavlovitz.

Best Special Needs Post. “A Writer in the Family” by Robert Rummel-Hudson at Support for Special Needs.

Geekiest Post. “On the Taxonomy of Spaceships” by Hageshii01 at Critical Sh*t.

Best Question. “What’s in a Name?” by Andee Zomerman.

Best Insight. “It’s a Good Life” by Alise Chaffins at Knitting Soul.

Best Parody. “The Kevin Smith Blog” by Glove and Boots (via YouTube).

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

Bloggerhood Etc. 4/20/15

Image via John Pavlovitz

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. 3/30/15

Photo: Jon Pavlovitz

Best Hypothetical Letter. “A Letter to Christians in Indiana, From Jesus” by Jon Pavlovitz.

Best List. “25 Things Dads are Hardly Told to Do for Their Daughters, but Should” by Mandy Velez at A Plus.

Best Statement That Needs to be Said. “There’s Nothing ‘Brave’ About A Mom Wearing A Bikini” by Ashley Austrew at Mommyish

Best Opinion I Disagree With. “Why Oregon’s Self-Service Gasoline Ban Drives Me Crazy” by Tyler Francke at The Woodburn Independent.

Best Photoblog. “Swedish Dads” by Johan Bävman.

Best Parenting Post. “How I Became a Bully, and What I Will Tell My Kids About It” by Adam Hall at Tenor Dad.

Best Recollection. “Incense” by Emily Dufalt, guest posting at Little Did She Know.

Best Special Needs Post.“Reflections on a Decade of Special Needs Parenting” by Jennifer James at Not Alone.

Best Essay. “The Radical Humaneness of Norway’s Halden Prison” by Jessica Benko at The New York Times Magazine.

Best Question. “Where is Scandinavia?” by CGP Grey (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. 3/23/15

Photos: Michelle Joni

Best Idea. “There’s A Preschool For Adults To Unwind And Relive Their Childhoods” by Emily Arata at Elite Daily.

Best Guest Post. “Mask” by Kimberley Coyle at Little Did She Know.

Best Special Needs Post. “Thoughts on Growing Up With a Sister With Down Syndrome” by Melissa Otterbein at Like Birds on Trees.

Best Mom Post. “Here We Are Again” by Sarah Bessey.

Best Dad Post. “My Real Name, and the Problems it Has Caused Me” by Adam Hall at Tenor Dad.

Best Series. “Here Comes the Brides!” by Tamára Lunardo at Tamára Out Loud.

Most Interesting. “Why Violin-Makers Adopted the f-Shaped Hole” by Clive Thompson at BoingBoing.

Most Honest. “Surviving!” by Gary Mathews at Skippah’s Realm.

Best Reflection. “The Transition Time” by Addie Zierman at How to Talk Evangelical.

Best News. “We Have Some News!” by Glove and Boots (via You Tube).

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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.