I received (for the second time) a Butterfly Award last week. The first time I received it from my friend Rachel at AverageGalDotCom. I was humbled and though I was thankful for the kudos, I was just flat out busy and it fell off of my radar. So when the email RSS feed from Cash2Blog showed up in my inbox and I scrolled down, I was humbled yet again and put my self through a bit of a spankin’ machine for dropping the ball on Rachel’s nomination of TM.
No excuses here, folks. Things have been a bit crazy since I started substitute teaching at the school district, but that’s no excuse.
So, I raise my glass to Rachel and Mitch and hereby declare the following to be the coolest blogs I know:
- Cash2Blog – This is not just a brown nose recip link. From the first time I went over to Mitch’s site, I was hooked. The design is priceless and I have to say that although he does not claim to be a writer, he has one of the friendliest and most informative styles I know. So there.
- Men With Pens – I am in love with the take-no-prisoners approach that James and company put together. If you’ve not had a chance to witness one of their drive-by site reviews, you are missing out.
- Writing The Cyber Highway – I love the design of Michele’s site. It is just plain cool. I also like what she has to say, and she’s got one hell of a story behind who she is. She is a role model for many.
- AverageGalDotCom – There is no way that I could do a list like this and not include her site. I had the same KAPOW with her site as I did when I first saw Mitch’s. A quick funny story: We did recip guest posts and when I announced hers, I put her url as AverageGirl.com. Yup. You guessed it. Porn site. Oh, man I STILL cringe. And she handled it with such grace – Thanks Rachel!
- Steven-Sanders.com – Man, I don’t know where Steven comes from sometimes. That guy finds the coolest stuff. He definitely lives in some back alley of cyberville.
- SmallBizBee – I know it sounds kinda funny but one of the things I love the most about Smallbizbee is the avatar. It is unique and just makes you want to smile. Matt is also another one of those yay-hoos that is always finding cobscure yet appropriately cool stuff.
- Blogging Without A Blog – Barbara has just the coolest concept going over there. I did a guest post and the setting is ala classroom and I’m telling ya, I don’t remember the last time I had so much fun moderating comments. The whole darned thing turned into a classroom behavior management scenario – some of the stuff still gets me to LOL
- WebDesignServers – For the tech stuff, Ciara is the rockinest. I always say I know just enough HTML to really screw things up, and the tutorials over there have helped me do some things that otherwise I would not have even attempted.
- HowToMakeMyBlog – MetMarko’s site is one of my newest favs. The info is top notch, the style is first class and the design stands on it’s own.
- IHateMyMessageBoard - Ok, in terms of humor writing, Tracy O has got it goin’ on. Get on with yo bad self, g’friend! Can’t explain it, you just gotta go see.
- BloggerNewbie – Dee has always got so many things going on over there. She also pulls nary a punch. She will definitely call a spade a f’n shovel.
Ok, I have at least another ten or so I could add, but I’ll be a conformist today and stick to the rules.
Oh, and yes. I know it’s 11. Sue me.
Hey George, I think you ended up with 11 becuase you accidentally added my site!
Seriously though, all kidding aside, I am truly honored to be mentioned here. There are some killer blogs in this list and everybody (if they haven’t already) should go check them out!
I never thought I would have a site called “Tumblemoose” bookmarked, and check it everyday, but I do becuase of you…thanks!
Matt
Matt | Small Biz Bee´s last blog post..Twitter Fest Friday – January 23, 2009
Right on, Matt.
Sincere and heartfelt at ya, bud.
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Congrats on your award George. What a great list of blogs you have here. Some I haven’t heard of but I know if your recommending them, they are worth reading so I’m off to get stuck in.
Amanda – The Hidden Writer´s last blog post..My Ghostwriting Weekly Review
Congrats George and thanks a lot for including my blog to your great list!
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Thanks for declaring my blog one of the coolest blogs you know. It really means a lot!
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Wow, George, I’m honored to have you say these things about me! Seriously. Thank you.
And, congrats on the award! I think we all understand how busy and hectic life is – it’s crazy!
*smiles*
Michele
Michele´s last blog post..Guest Post: Rebecca’s Long Road To Writing
Thank you so much George! I think you’re pretty nifty, too. I am going to check out the other blogs on your list this afternoon.
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Hey George,
you must have missed my nomination for your blog, I nominated you on 1-10-09 “Good Things To Come”. You are quite popular.
Great list and thanks for the vote! There are a few I haven’t seen so I’m off…
Dee Langdon – BloggerNewbie´s last blog post..Paid Reviews – Yes or No?
*chinks a beer*
Rock on, Mooseman.
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Awright you blogger-heads. Thanks for coming by and leaving a comment. It was kinda cool putting the ol’ butterfly together. Made me think about what I pay attention to out there and such.
And seriously, I could do another 10, easy.
@Dee Don’t know how I missed it – I’ll head on over
Cheers, everyone
George
Hey George – Thanks for the nomination
I’m definitely honored to be in such great company! Keep up the great work at Tumblemoose. Love reading your stuff!
AverageGal´s last blog post..Weekend WrapUp – January 24th
Great list. I already had some on my list to read, and clicked on about 4 more from your list – all got added to my favorites. Thanks.
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Hey Slippy,
I’m glad they’re working for ya.
I do thoroughly enjoy each one of them.
Thanks for coming by and commenting, I appreciate it!
George
Aren’t friendly blogging communities awesome? I love bloggingwithoutablog; did you see her post about Making Your Blog a Safe Haven? Thanks for this list; I’ll have to go visiting.
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