{"id":127,"date":"2003-09-19T20:05:43","date_gmt":"2003-09-19T23:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/?p=127"},"modified":"2003-09-19T20:05:43","modified_gmt":"2003-09-19T23:05:43","slug":"in-blogland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/in-blogland\/","title":{"rendered":"In blogland&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Sites I&#8217;m keeping an eye on:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.contractorpeon.com\/blog\/\" target=\"offsite\">Hi, I&#8217;m Black!<\/a><\/b> &#8211; Glenn cracks me up!!!  Rocky III (In my opinion) was the best one&#8230; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instapundit.com\/\" target=\"offsite\">White Glenn<\/a>&#8221; is picking on him, and he&#8217;s trying to explain to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricvenom.com\/\" target=\"offsite\">Venomous Kate<\/a> that, yes, you can accomplish a wide array of traffic by merely being obnoxious.<\/p>\n<p>(A point I thought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/archives\/2003_06.php#001170\" title=\"Why I'm such a jerk\">I proved<\/a> a long time ago.)<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nHee hee&#8230; every time I hear &#8220;White Glenn&#8221; I think of that episode in All In The Family when Archie was in the hospital and didn&#8217;t realize the French guy behind the curtains was Black:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Black Elmo? Tell me, is there a &#8216;White Elmo&#8217;?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Oh yeah, but we just call him &#8216;Regular Elmo&#8217;&#8230;&#8221; (*SNORT!*)<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutrumbles.com\/\" target=\"offsite\">Acidman<\/a><\/b> &#8211; God help me.  I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever agreed with a single thing Rob has ever said, and yet I find myself drawn to his site with every train wreck in an &#8220;Oh no, he didn&#8217;t just say *THAT*, did HE?&#8221;- kinda way.<\/p>\n<p>Kind of an ornery dude.  But considering what his wife put him through I can understand the anger&#8230; and hey, who else can talk about a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutrumbles.com\/archives\/003347.php#003347\">bionic dick<\/a> and keep a straight face?  I have to admit, as a blogger he&#8217;s got that rare &#8220;staying power&#8221; quality that so many people lack.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b>Back with a vengeance:<\/b><br \/>\n<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weirdsmobile.com\/suzette\/\" target=\"offsite\">Traveling in Style<\/a><\/b> &#8211; Yep, Suzette&#8230; That Jet-Set International Blogging Superstar has re-invented herself with a whole new look and attitude.  Still making her friends shine in the headlights.<\/p>\n<p>Remember:  If it doesn&#8217;t say &#8220;WIERDSMOBILE&#8221;, it&#8217;s unmitigated crap!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diagonalwalls.com\/\">Diagonal Walls<\/a><\/b> &#8211; Heh heh, I knew Kimberly Whatzawhozzits couldn&#8217;t stay away for long&#8230; it&#8217;s in her blood.  Hell, FrogBlog was one of the first weblogs I ever saw on the web scene (back in the late 90&#8217;s).<\/p>\n<p>Another site with a killer design which all the kids will try and dissect and figure out how she did it&#8230; same way we all used to try and learn the latest guitar tricks every time a new Van Halen album came out.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/glassy-eyed.com\/\">Glassy-eyed<\/a><\/b> &#8211; Dee is ALSO back and has totally re-invented herself.<\/p>\n<p>Never mind who&#8217;s DEE??? She&#8217;s back.  That&#8217;s all you need to know. Stop being a nosey jerk, YOU!!!!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>(<b>Side note:<\/b>  It&#8217;s so good to know that I&#8217;m not the only one into change.  I have this half written screed called &#8220;Metamorphosis&#8221; in my drafts, explaining why I&#8217;m not the same guy anymore&#8230; and was afraid you&#8217;d all think I was nuts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>..er than usual.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sites I&apos;m keeping an eye on:<\/p>\n<p>Hi, I&apos;m Black! &#8211; Glenn cracks me up!!!  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