OT: Your must-read blogs

by ghtd36 on Feb 25, 2009 10:52 AM CST

Seems like kind of a slow day, so I figured I'd throw out an off-topic diary up here and see if we can get a good conversation going.

Obviously, if you're on LSB, you like blogs. Or you at least don't hate them with the fire of a thousand suns (cough Mitch Albom cough cough Buzz Bissinger cough).

So, what are the top five blogs that you can't live without? Where are you heading three, four, five, sixty times a day to check for updates, or what's on your feed aggregator (Google Reader, Feedburner, etc.)?

Let's all assume that LoneStarBall is somewhere on that list, so you don't have to waste a spot putting LSB on there. I'll start.

-Rock M Nation (SB Nation's Missouri blog; buddy of mine runs it)

-Deadspin

-Keith Law's The Dish

-Lifehacker

-Everyday Should Be Saturday

(Also, if you can provide links, I'm sure everyone would appreciate it.)

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Slow day?

First day of spring training play counts as a slow day, I guess?

Regardless, I read Deadspin and Lifehacker quite a bit, Consumerist isn’t good if you don’t like getting dicked around by major corporations. Also check out some Uproxx websites:

With Leather
What Would Tyler Durden Do
Film Drunk

All Your Rangers Blog Are Belong To Us

"They say brevity is the key to wit, so shut the f*ck up." Dad

by RangerFloppy on Feb 25, 2009 11:22 AM CST reply actions

Edit:

Consumerist is good, blog about consumer reports, BBB investigations, customer service problems, etc.

All Your Rangers Blog Are Belong To Us

"They say brevity is the key to wit, so shut the f*ck up." Dad

by RangerFloppy on Feb 25, 2009 11:23 AM CST up reply actions

your links suck

but I agree those are good sites

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Feb 25, 2009 11:29 AM CST up reply actions

Add

I would also add another uproxx site, Warming Glow. I think it is somewhat new, but it looks like it will be pretty good. (I don’t know how to do links, but I bet ya’ll can find it)

by Jack Nicholson 1974 on Feb 25, 2009 11:35 AM CST up reply actions

yeah,

the writer from With Leather moved to Warming Glow. Hopefully, With Leather doesn’t suffer because of it.

Check the stats, absolutely, but look at the face.
-Bruce Jenkins

by BHill on Feb 25, 2009 12:14 PM CST up reply actions

Eff me...forgot the html code...

All Your Rangers Blog Are Belong To Us

"They say brevity is the key to wit, so shut the f*ck up." Dad

by RangerFloppy on Feb 25, 2009 12:20 PM CST up reply actions

Do you comment on WWTDD (and under what name)?

by thedudeabides on Feb 25, 2009 3:41 PM CST up reply actions

Shameless self promotion

my blog/radio show.

Rock Flag & Eagle Radio: Thursdays 10 PM - 1 AM on FM 88.7 The Choice
Scott Feldman for 2009 AL Cy Young
Scott Feldman for 2010 AL Scott Feldman

by Maximilian on Feb 25, 2009 11:44 AM CST reply actions

Hey...

essentially, other than this blog, my blog is the only one I “frequent.”

Narcissistic high five!

by ghostofErikThompson on Feb 25, 2009 12:34 PM CST up reply actions

Rock Flag & Eagle Radio: Thursdays 10 PM - 1 AM on FM 88.7 The Choice
Scott Feldman for 2009 AL Cy Young
Scott Feldman for 2010 AL Scott Feldman

by Maximilian on Feb 25, 2009 12:41 PM CST up reply actions

And obviously I frequent other blogs

Defending Big D and Mavs Money Ball from the SB Nation

A few friends blogs too

Rock Flag & Eagle Radio: Thursdays 10 PM - 1 AM on FM 88.7 The Choice
Scott Feldman for 2009 AL Cy Young
Scott Feldman for 2010 AL Scott Feldman

by Maximilian on Feb 25, 2009 12:47 PM CST up reply actions

For economics lately

I read two guys with pretty different backgrounds, Paul Krugman’s NY Times blog, and Barry Ritholtz’ The Big Picture. Link? Google them, lazy bastards.

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by t ball on Feb 25, 2009 11:49 AM CST reply actions

I like

Greg Mankiw and Tyler Cowen.
Naked Capitalism is also a good read.

Check the stats, absolutely, but look at the face.
-Bruce Jenkins

by BHill on Feb 25, 2009 12:19 PM CST up reply actions

Serious question...

What benefit do you get from econ blogs, like in your day-to-day life?

For the record I have a graduate degree in econ. (Not trying to big time you either, cause I remember little of grad school.)

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Feb 25, 2009 12:35 PM CST up reply actions

None, really

No concrete benefit, I just find it interesting to read.

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by t ball on Feb 25, 2009 1:56 PM CST up reply actions

fluxblog.org – the best music writing on the web, one or two songs/weekday.
stereogum.com – good music blog for streaming media
pitchforkmedia.com – thorough music coverage/review/media
goldenfiddle – addictive on contact…I don’t know why it works so well, same with his tumblr.
thesuperficial.com – hilarity

I like Law’s blog too.

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Feb 25, 2009 11:58 AM CST reply actions

Since you seem to like the music blog

I rec the following:

aquariumdrunkard.com
donewaiting.com
GvB

Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.

by TheJeezus on Feb 25, 2009 1:22 PM CST up reply actions

Also

for anyone planning on SXSW this year….

SCHED

Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.

by TheJeezus on Feb 25, 2009 1:23 PM CST up reply actions

www.3rddegree.net is one of the better blogs around as far as any coverage of a local club goes. sites like that are killing the sports sections

mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.

by Jayslick on Feb 25, 2009 12:02 PM CST reply actions

GHTD

What is this “Unholy Alliance” they are talking about on the missouri blog? They both join forces to aid in the downfall of KU, unless they play each other?

by SaltyGoesYard on Feb 25, 2009 12:19 PM CST reply actions

Basically.

Rock M Nation has a gentleman’s agreement with Bring On The Cats in a “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” way.

But tonight, all bets are off.

My 2009 New Years Resolution: Quit feeding the trolls.

by ghtd36 on Feb 25, 2009 1:01 PM CST up reply actions

Reruns?

http://www.lonestarball.com/2008/2/19/121228/386

"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."

by ab03 on Feb 25, 2009 12:23 PM CST reply actions

and you can't feign ignorance

http://www.lonestarball.com/2008/2/19/121228/386#2704239

"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."

by ab03 on Feb 25, 2009 12:24 PM CST up reply actions

Jeez, I'm so sorry...

…for repeating a blog topic OVER A YEAR AFTER THE ORIGINAL ONE.

My bad.

My 2009 New Years Resolution: Quit feeding the trolls.

by ghtd36 on Feb 25, 2009 1:02 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah you suck

what’s your problem.

by Agreen07 on Feb 25, 2009 1:10 PM CST up reply actions

i wasn't chastising as much as i was making fun

but seriously, over a year ago? have the advances in the blogosphere been so dramatic?

"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."

by ab03 on Feb 25, 2009 1:12 PM CST up reply actions

the bigger question is

how many new ppl have we gotten in the last year

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Feb 25, 2009 2:44 PM CST up reply actions

I knew

this was out there, but couldn’t find it.

Check the stats, absolutely, but look at the face.
-Bruce Jenkins

by BHill on Feb 25, 2009 12:34 PM CST up reply actions

Hmmm...

Love Lifehacker and Deadspin (above)

Other daily sites include:
LSB
SI.com
WFAA Channel 8
FoxNews
MSN
Facebook

Gizmodo – Best Tech Gadget Site

Massively – MMO Gaming

Neowin – Great all-around tech site

GorDON Keith – aka “The Great Gordo”

I'd love for part of the "new look" to be a return to the red uniforms of the 1990s. - Ian Kinsler

by ortonius on Feb 25, 2009 12:44 PM CST reply actions

for all those tech sites

check out techmeme

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Feb 25, 2009 12:47 PM CST up reply actions

Damnit my link sucks too

the LSB 2.0 link button is not working for me.

just go to it www.techmeme.com

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Feb 25, 2009 1:00 PM CST up reply actions

A friend of mine introduced me to The Dirty – Dallas just yesterday.

It’s a blog dedicated to the humilation of young Dallas socialites and scenesters, or as I like to refer to them as, the MySpace generation.

The really sad part about all this is that I’ve actually seen some of these fakes around town.

Fuckin’ thanks to all of these online profiles, nobodies keep becoming celebrities… who are celebrated for absolutely nothing. I guess their really original looks?

You watch too many movies Sax.

by oc on Feb 25, 2009 1:00 PM CST reply actions

i think it was started out of scottsdale

i don’t mind it except that the site manager (nik) comes off like a pretty big douchebag in interviews and not unlike the people he makes fun of.

and then after a while you feel really dirty for reading it.

"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."

by ab03 on Feb 25, 2009 1:15 PM CST up reply actions

yeah the original site

was mainly Scottsdale and ASU people and it blew up from there. On the ASU campus it’s a pretty big deal — the site even got the university to do away with the cheerleading program because of some “naughty” pics on the site. You can find them if you search for it I’m sure.

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Feb 25, 2009 1:19 PM CST up reply actions

Absolutely.

I don’t know who to detest more; the hipsters for being who they really are or the bloggers for being who they really are.

You watch too many movies Sax.

by oc on Feb 25, 2009 3:12 PM CST up reply actions

I just spent about an hour on that Dirty Dallas site, I don’t know if I should thank your or be pissed off that I know about it

by thedudeabides on Feb 25, 2009 4:15 PM CST up reply actions

Eh.

Why did I waste my time looking at that?

613photo

by Black Francis on Feb 25, 2009 4:39 PM CST up reply actions

We all feel the same, believe me.

You watch too many movies Sax.

by oc on Feb 25, 2009 4:57 PM CST up reply actions

For hard hitting baseball analysis

http://rangersorrobbers.wordpress.com/

http://lonerangers.wordpress.com/

Dy-no-mite…

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

...at the time, I wasn’t being truthful with myself. How could I be truthful with Katie Couric or CBS?

by Brian Thomas on Feb 25, 2009 1:43 PM CST reply actions

www.wwtdd.com

www.gawker.com

www.andrewsullivan.com

www.egotastic.com

www.gizmodo.com

by thedudeabides on Feb 25, 2009 1:44 PM CST reply actions

also www.hollywoodtuna.com

by thedudeabides on Feb 25, 2009 2:03 PM CST up reply actions

http://goditsucks.blogspot.com/
http://reasonsbenwillneverdatemysister.blogspot.com/

If only they would be updated more.

Get off my lawn.

by DJCahill on Feb 25, 2009 1:51 PM CST reply actions

http://clubtrillion.blogspot.com/

Appreciate his perspective and sense of humor…

by BombDiggity on Feb 25, 2009 2:02 PM CST reply actions

Douchebagface (my music site)
Kotaku (video game news)
I guess you could say my Twitter feed, but it’s basically a blog reader;
Ain’t It Cool News
Pitchfork
Many other various music blogs but none on a super regular basis…

My Music Blog

by FuturePants on Feb 25, 2009 2:46 PM CST reply actions

Baseball Time In Arlington

Pritty good

You watch too many movies Sax.

by oc on Feb 25, 2009 3:14 PM CST reply actions

+1

Yeah. Spies. They're little guys with beady eyes and long fingernails. They plant bugs that can pick up the hush of a man's heartbeat - or the whisper of a falling hair.

by LSJ on Feb 25, 2009 5:50 PM CST up reply actions

Uh, 613photo

If any of you had any goddamn taste, that is.

Shroomer also has a photoblog I stumbled into once but forgot to put in my reader.

613photo

by Black Francis on Feb 25, 2009 3:31 PM CST reply actions

i should start using an rss reader

which one do you use? you like it?

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Feb 25, 2009 3:37 PM CST up reply actions

I use Sage Too

It’s a plug-in for firefox. I don’t really know much about readers but it works okay for me. A couple of my friends use bloglines and like it. I never tried it.

Anyway, to me Sage Too beats an online thing and it’s certainly better than live bookmarks. The only complaint I have is that there doesn’t seem to be a function to “mark all as read” or whatever.

613photo

by Black Francis on Feb 25, 2009 4:12 PM CST up reply actions

I use Google Reader.

It’s the only one I’ve ever used, so I can’t judge others, but I like it. Especially if you use a lot of the Google stuff, it’s handy.

My 2009 New Years Resolution: Quit feeding the trolls.

by ghtd36 on Feb 25, 2009 8:28 PM CST up reply actions

Thanks for reminding me

I just added your site to my “photos” folder in my reader.

“There Was an Incident” – do you know what happened that night? Normally we just ignore the alarm, but the spousal unit went out into the hallway and said the fire dept was heading past our floor up the stairs so we figured we ought to pack up the cat and leave. The only other time it went off long enough for us to actually leave, they distributed a letter the next day saying what happened.

"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
"When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with us putting one in his earhole." - AJM, 7.7.08

by Lisa W on Feb 25, 2009 6:52 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah

I know what happened. A transformer on the seventh floor blew up. I was standing by the window smoking a cigarette when I heard it. Sounded like a car bomb to me. It was one of the few times I paid attention to the alarm…I grabbed what I could and split. But I overheard the firefighters talking about it.

613photo

by Black Francis on Feb 25, 2009 9:26 PM CST up reply actions

AWESOME.

We noticed the power blinked (on 7, at least) maybe two or three minutes before the alarm started going off. Guess that explains that!

by Lisa W on Feb 26, 2009 7:15 AM CST up reply actions

I like...

http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com
http://volokh.com
http://instapundit.com (only for the volume of posts, really)
hit and run, reason’s blog

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Feb 25, 2009 4:00 PM CST reply actions

Those are all good.

by brettgardner on Feb 25, 2009 6:33 PM CST up reply actions

Waaaay too many

Here’s some of them: http://www.netvibes.com/wescx#Home

www.mavsmoneyball.com

by Wes Cox on Feb 25, 2009 5:40 PM CST reply actions

Top five blogs I frequent?

Other than my own (which is mostly just for me and some friends, but it’s been quiet lately). . .

Lone Star Ball
Beyond the Boxscore
Smart Football
Sky Mall Review
Coug Center

And That Happened: Sports with a Hint of Sarcasm

by philkid3 on Feb 25, 2009 7:28 PM CST reply actions

Coug Center

I thought that might be something else.

by Brett Perryman on Feb 25, 2009 11:59 PM CST up reply actions

Seriously

I was literally pissed off it wasn’t such…..problems man, problems….

My cool sig.

by Ryin A on Feb 26, 2009 12:40 AM CST up reply actions

I like my own blog (and several other Rangers blogs) and this site...

…but the other sites I visit regularly for entertainment are:

F My Life (seriously, some funny stuff over there)
Woot! One Day Deals
MLB Trade Rumors
Best of Craigslist
LOLCATS

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is." -Bob Feller

by The Best Micah on Feb 25, 2009 9:26 PM CST reply actions