Blogroll

You Want Some Fries with That?

My Blogroll has gotten too long for the sidebar, and I know what that means: no one ever clicks on the links because it's impossible to know where to start. As far as I can tell, there are two main reasons to have a Blogroll: to throw some linky love to the writers and people you like best; and to point readers to great reads.

But if no one's clicking, the list ain't working.

So here's the new and improved Blogroll. It's fully twice as long as the one that used to be in the sidebar (update much? apparently not enough). But it also has this extra added awesome bonus feature: a side of fries with every blog. (a.k.a. brief little descriptions that will suggest why you might love these folks too. ) So go ahead, browse around. Find some new loves. I'll happily take the blame for your addictions. As long as the folks here are willing to take the blame for mine.

Just don't forget me as you get lost in all the great, hilarious, thought-provoking newness you're about to experience.

• Absolutely Bananas -- a sense of humor not to be trifled with
• Aimeepalooza -- thoughtful, political, mamalicious
• All Adither -- by turns genuine and witty, always a great writer
• Amy's Brat Pack -- girl's got four girls and she's still sane...and darn funny
• Anne Nahm -- annonymity was never more hysterically honest
• Barking Mad -- tells a great story, would make a great friend
• The Bean -- hilarious, earnest (though she might poke me for saying so), and oh-so-appealing
• The Bloggess -- no one else can make ninjas this funny or irreverence this appealing
• The Busy Dad Blog -- the most inspiring Dad with the maddest Lego skillz you ever saw
• Caffeine Court-- witty AND sporty
• Chocolate on My Cranium -- creative homeschooling mama of seven with wonderful tutorials on everything from kid crafts to blog design
• Classy Chaos-- classy was never so down-to-earth; chaos never so engaging
• Crazy Bloggin Canuck -- loves travel, food, adventure, writing, and the funny things kids say...basically, everything I love
• The Domestic Goddess -- parenting autistic children with honesty and a good sense of humor
• Don Mills Diva -- a thoughtful writer of lyrical musings
• Emptying Our Nest -- a sense of humor I can only hope to evince by the time my kids are teenagers
• Fawnahareo's Place-- genuine, kind, and living way on up in the Yukon
• FinSlippy-- can make anything funny
• Foolery -- farm girl, musical virtuoso, and expert purveyor of the hilarious photo essay
• From the Cheap Seats -- teacher-turned-mother, always entertaining
• Good Mom/Bad Mom -- funny shorts about parenting's realities, plus the best Sunday round-up to be had anywhere
• Half-Assed Kitchen -- the brain child of All Adither, a fantastic cooking site for any foodie who has to cook one-armed while tending to children
  
• Halushki -- dances from one topic to the next with ease and great writing
• Her Bad Mother -- provocative thinking, beautiful parenting, essays to savor
• Huckdoll's Hood -- raw, real, unafraid to say what needs to be said
• If I Were Queen of the World -- young, smart, kidless, reading her is like a chat with an old friend
• I Am Bossy -- come for the funny, stay for the tutorials, try to keep up with the best comments on the web...never be disappointed
• If Mom Says OK -- helps me see what I'm in for when my kids get older
• Jogging in Circles -- kind, funny, and sharing her photo skills with the rest of us
• Julie Pippert: Using My Words -- an eloquence rarely matched on topics you'll want to talk about for hours
• Kalamazoo Mom of Two -- I dare you to match her four-year-old's wit!
• Latte Mommy -- my Vancouver dopelganger and first bloggy crush
• Life in Matthews -- fascinating stories of small-town life on the Chesapeake Bay
• LouCeeL -- perhaps the nicest commenter the Internets ever met, a blogger with soul
• The Martha Blog -- Martha Stewart has a blog and is trying to promote connections with other blogging women: "community" could be so much bigger than you thought! Check it out.
• The McMommy Chronicles -- more energy than that famous pink bunny, wrapped up in the infectious ability to laugh at herself
• Memories and Musings of a Mommy -- thoughtful writer and very very kind person
• Momisodes -- nurse, mom to a preschooler, lives in a haunted house, spins a great yarn
• Mommy Bytes -- computer whiz, mother of two, writing about everything in between
• Mommy Pie -- rocking single motherhood, kicking ass with Photoshop, she's quality Doogs
• Momo Fali's -- motherhood that makes you smile and relate
• Moose in the Kitchen -- eloquent single gal, living the life articulate
• Moosh in Indy -- the stories...ah, the stories; a rare and fantastic writer who can make everything from yoga to preschool ballet fascinating
• Mrs. Furious-- never a dull moment at the first blog I ever read
• Mrs. Fussypants's Guide to Life -- fight the frump with this sociable mother to five boys
• My Life as a Hotfessional -- writes with flair and sharpness about life, kooky neighbors, and the world she sees...and practically lives down the street from me
• Nancy Nall -- journalism meets personal life, with a dash of political and great links
• The Only Thing I Know -- Virginia Woolf lover, expert photographer, self-declared slacker
• Ordinary Art-- writer, feminist, thinker, mother...beautiful
• PB&J in a Bowl -- mother and newly-minted real estate guru telling it like she sees it
• The Plain Jane Mom -- honest, forthright, wide-ranging, political
• Rockin the Suburbs -- everything she writes is genuine, unpretentious, and so real
• Running with Books -- one of the best story-tellers around, with a precocious son you'll adore
• SAHM Ramblings -- creative mom raising daughters who love matchbox cars
• San Diego Momma -- a wonderful writer with the best quirky sense of humor you'll ever encounter
• Sarcastic Mom -- no mom was ever more in love with her child; no sarcasm was ever more fun
• Scribbit -- artistic, articulate mom of four with recipes, writing contests, and giveaways, posting every single day from Alaska
• Smitten Kitchen -- detailed cooking narratives a la Cook's Illustrated, only with great humor and photos good enough to eat
• Stark Raving Dads -- go ahead, ask a question: you'll get TWO great answers, one from a mom, and one from a dad
• Suburban Kamikaze -- laugh-out-loud wit
• 'Twas Brillig -- literary, thought-provoking, real
• Velveteen Mind -- a delightful quality of thought and expansive breadth of spirit
• Vintage Thirty -- funny, observant, wry: someone I'd love to have as a real-life neighbor
• What Works for Us -- simply astonishing photography
• Whiskey in My Sippy Cup -- by turns drop-dead funny, thought-provoking, and provoking the PTA
• Whoorl -- inventor of Hair Thursday, still keeping her wits as a mother; awesome
• World's Greatest Mom -- self-deprecatingly funny, her posts just ring true.
• ZoeyJane is Moody -- it's true, she is, and she's not afraid to be honest about it

If your blog should be on this list, but it isn't, drop me a comment. I'm a bit cross-eyed from making so many links, so I may have missed a few (I hope not!). If you don't like how I've described you, drop me a comment. If you know someone else's blog I really shouldn't be missing, drop me a comment.

In short, got feedback? You know what to do!

Happy reading.