1. I discovered Electric Venom after reading a comment to the Anchoress' post on this week's Idol show (which is worth checking out, by the way). EV is wry, reads well, looks good and has lots going on. What more could a person want? I especially like her writing about some Californian's plan to go on a hunger strike until Sanjaya is voted off Idol, and EV's own plan to give up chocolate til then. (Why people want to give a way-too-pretty boy that kind of power and influence on their lives is beyond me, but that's a different subject.) She's a homeschooling "over-educated stay-at-home mom" who lives in Kansas. Yeeha! I am crazy about Kansas myself. I could quote lots more stuff about EV but I'd basically just reprint the whole thing, so read her About page and the blog. It's a delight.

2. I Think, Therefore I Blog is another of EV's blogs. She says it's "not intended for anyone else’s entertainment but [her] own" so she writes about homeschooling, keeping her home and garden, and parenting. It gives her "a space to bitch so my family doesn’t have to put up with it from me" which sounds like a really good idea for a blog. If you like personal blogs, this one's terrific.

3. EV links to Musing Minds and once the page loads (its stone background is gorgeous but makes it load slowly) one finds a gorgeous photo and a really interesting read. Like EV, kimsch has points of view with which I generally concur and a practical reasonable outlook. The lead today is about a school in West Yorkshire (England) that's proposing to rename the three little pigs to three little puppies. Sheesh!! Apparently they feared the pigs might offend but at least one Muslim leader thinks otherwise ("Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra from the Muslim Council of Britain branded the move 'bizarre' [saying that] [The vast majority of Muslims have no problem whatsoever with the Three Little Pigs. It's always been the traditional way of telling the story and I don't see why that should be changed.") My only complaint is that I can't find "about" so I have no idea who kimsch is and why MM is so good.

4. Mover Mike is written by a self-described retired stockbroker who supports his wife's furniture business. (Where can I find someone like that?) An Oregonean, he leads off today with a report that Hillary dined with the Plames Wilsons and Sidney Blumenthal recently (adding to my fondness for Hillary). He's got lots to say - and succinctly - about many things political, educational, social, geographical, etc. It's interesting to read about the many earthquakes in Oregon! Who knew? He's got a nice write-up of Tuesday's Idol show and, since his opinions matched mine, obviously he's a keen observer of many things so I'll keep on reading his blog.

5. I decided to check out Landfair Furniture's blog - Mover Mike's wife's blog devoted to interior design and furniture, not surprisingly. What IS surprising is that it is interesting cuz I figured it would be dry stuff about measurements and focus points and all. I especially liked the guidelines for real world decorating as opposed to on tv. And the stuff about small spaces is awesome. The links are interesting and there's tons of color discussion. It's a terrific blog!

Which is it for this week. Hope you enjoy the meandering.

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