ActorMilk River http://www.milkriver.blogspot.com/ Tony G. is an actor and filmmaker living in Austin, Texas, who often blogs about auditions as he works to complete his own films. Spouse of a Law Enforcement OfficerLAPD Wife http://www.jmenad.typepad.com/lapdwife/ Renee maintains this well-written blog that looks at life from the perspective of a cop's wife in Los Angeles. She articulates the issues and worries shared by the spouses, romantic partners, and family members of law enforcement officers. Renee informs readers about news stories involving police officers, shares personal safety tips, and advocates on behalf of law enforcement officers and their families. Porn Store ClerkTrue Porn Clerk Stories http://www.improvisation.ws/mb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4475 This is a site by a clerk in a porn shop who shares funny rants about messy customers and tricks of the trade. This blog contains adult material. Gas Station Attendant http://www.gasguy.blogspot.com/ Gas Guy writes about his life as a gas station attendant in Nashville, Tennessee. He analyzes his daily and weekly struggles with customers and coworkers at his little gas station. Police OfficerBrian's Brief Encounters http://www.briansbriefencounters.blogspot.com/ Officer Brian posts about his experience as a police officr in a metropolitan area of the United States. Brian has a wry viewpoint and writes several blogs in a joking manner. LibrarianLibrarian Avengers http://www.librarianavengers.org/ The Librarian Avenger posts about stories about library school, running libraries, and cool sites found while surfing the Web. Librarian in Black http://www.librarianinblack.typepad.com/ A librarian interested in tech issues keeps this blog updated with information about library information technology issues. The Shifted Librarian http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/ Jenny Levine's blog clips items about library news and the ways librarians are working to make information more portable. LawyerA Girl Walks into a Bar (Exam) http://www.barexam2005.blogspot.com/ A young lawyer writes about her experiences studying for the bar exam. Opinionistas http://www.opinionistas.blogspot.com/ A lawyer at a corporate law firm in Manhattan posts about her days and nights at the firm, trying to fulfill billable hours requirements and dodging hateful colleagues. Foreign CorrespondentKevin Sites in the Hot Zone for Yahoo! News http://www.hotzone.yahoo.com/ Kevin Sites is an independent war correspondent who has spent the last five years covering armed conflicts and disasters around the world for several TV networks. A well-respected journalist, Sites began blogging his stories on the road at http://www.kevinsites.net/. Sites started the blog in 2003 while covering the war in Iraq for CNN. Site's personal dispatches were so riveting that Wired magazine named Sites as the recipient of its RAVE Awardthe first ever for blogging. In 2005, Yahoo! News hired him to cover every armed conflict around the world in one year. Star of a Reality TV ShowKevin from Kept http://www.realitytvmyass.blogspot.com/ Kevin won the heart of Jerry Hall on her reality TV show "Kept." He now keeps a journal about his surreal adventures since the show aired. Princess Melissa http://www.princessmelissa.com/news.php?page_id=1 Melissa Howard From "The Real World: New Orleans" maintains this blog about her life after starring in the MTV reality series. BankerBlogs about being a Venture Capitalist http://www.ventureblog.com/ Andrew Anker, David Hornik, and Kevin Laws write for this blog about raising money for technology startups. BartenderThe Corner Bar http://www.josephsmind.blogspot.com/ Joe the Bartender keeps this blog as he runs a graphics business during the day and bartends at night. He shares his opinions and outlook on life in semiregular dispatches. BouncerClublife http://www.standingonthebox.blogspot.com/ The author of the Clublife blog is a bouncer in Manhattan. He is a tough guy with the soul of a poet. He shares stories about working in two of New York's most popular nightclubs and his run-ins with mobsters, club promoters, and generally freaky people. Doctor or NurseA Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure http://www.cut-to-cure.blogspot.com/ Bard-Parker, a pseudonym that takes its name from a company that produces scalpels, writes in-depth analyses of medical treatments from a surgeon's perspective. Many posts are case studies of anonymous patients and treatment plans that show readers how a surgeon's mind works. The site is great reading for ex-pre med students. Chronicles of a Medical Mad House http://www.medicalmadhouse.blogspot.com/ The Medical Mad House blogger is a doctor finishing his residency in internal medicine. The blog is an accurate diary of the life of a resident in a metropolitan hospital coping with interns, attending physicians, and family concerns. It's like the print version of "ER." Corante in the Pipeline http://www.corante.com/pipeline Corante in the Pipeline is a peep into the drug industry. Dr. Derek Lowe, a chemist formerly affiliated with several pharmaceutical companies, examines the latest drug discovery and FDA trial information with a sharp eye and passion for the public interest. The blog can get technical, but the site is a vital resource for those trying to understand the drug trial process. Code Blog http://www.codeblog.com/ Originally created by a nurse to share her personal stories, Code Blog has expanded to include the stories of all medical professionals. The site has fascinating stories that are easy to find due to the site's comprehensive list of categories, archives, and a search engine. Medical professionals share stories like the nurse who cared for a patient who spent six months in the hospital and regained his humanity after being wheeled outside to sit in the sun. Code Blue Blog http://www.codeblueblog.blogs.com/codeblueblog/ Code Blue Blog is a justifiably praised medical web log that provides information about the healthcare industry. Maintained by Dr. Boyle, a radiologist, Code Blue Blog documents stories about the healthcare system. The site hasn't been updated in a while, but the archives are still an excellent resource. D.B.'s Medical Rants http://www.medrants.com/index.php Dr. Rob Centor's blog was one of the first widely read medical blogs in the blogosphere. A highly respected academic internist, Dr. Centor shares his advice on a variety of health policy topics. He shares personal stories, often sprinkled with jokes, about treating patients, working as a researcher and his life in Alabama. He also has practical advice to give, such as sharing the latest studies on health and nutrition. The Examining Room of Dr. Charles http://www.drcharles.blogspot.com/ This is an insightful blog by a general practitioner who shares anecdotes of interesting cases and the lessons he's learned over the years in treating people. Family Medicine Notes http://www.docnotes.net Dr. Jacob Reider writes Family Medicine Notes with a great eye for detail and a lot of compassion. He shares helpful information and anecdotes organized by the ailment and shares frustrations with the inability of fellow doctors to communicate with patients in easy-to-understand language instead of medical jargon. You can lose yourself for hours reading all the case studies and looking at photos. Grunt DocRamblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas http://www.gruntdoc.com/ Grunt Doc is a physician specializing in emergency medicine who lives in Fort Worth, TX. A former battalion surgeon for the U.S. Marine Corps, Grunt Doc shares stories about treating patients in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Grand Rounds Archive http://www.izzy.typepad.com/undisclosedlocation/2004/10/grand_rounds_ar.html Grand Rounds is a recap of issues discussed on a variety of medical blogs. Hosted by a different site each week, Grand Rounds gives readers a chance to catch up on medical matters in the blogosphere and introduce new medical blogs to a wider audience. Undisclosed Location blog hosts this archive of Grand Rounds, which is updated every Tuesday. Intueri http://www.intueri.org/ Intueri is a blog written by Maria, a young doctor in a psychiatry residency program in Seattle. Her blog is more personal than other doc blogs, and she writes beautifully about her patients, colleagues, and friends. Maria is very sensitive, and she shares stories such as her frustration with primary care physicians who don't tend to their patients' needs before sending them to her department for a psychiatric evaluation, schemes for mixing a resident's schedule with a social life, and a thoughtful post about a patient who committed suicide during her service. MedPundit http://www.medpundit.blogspot.com Blogging under the pseudonym Sidney Smith, MedPundit's author shares her opinions about the FDA, the medical profession, and the state of the world. Not shy about giving general advice, Dr. Smith's blog collects the latest health news and analyzes the information with spirited commentary. Straight from the Doc http://www.straightfromthedoc.com/ Internist Dr. Kevin Pho runs this web log that gives readers a physician's opinion about various drug therapies and health information. This site is geared more toward patients than fellow health professionals. Dr. Pho includes stories about his practice and treatment philosophies. Taxi DriverTaxi drivers are considered skillful storytellers. Although they may not have the time to stay online, new forms of technology allow them to upload their impressions via mobile technology. Your Man on the Road http://www.yourmanontheroad.blogspot.com/ This is a blog kept by a taxi driver in Ireland. Ezegone loves to travel and often uploads posts from his mobile phone as he drives his taxi or goes on extended hiking vacations. Teacherhipteacher http://www.hipteacher.typepad.com/schoolblog/ All high school students should read the blog of hipteacher, who uses all lowercase in her blog name. If they do, they will learn how passionate a teacher can be about her profession and her duty to her students. A new teacher, hipteacher embraces her role as a teacher and records her thoughts and emotions as she starts her first year as an English teacher in a Southern public high school. Articulate and creative, hipteacher shares her teaching philosophy, class lessons, and experience with her readers. You come away from her blog having a better understanding of what teachers enjoy about their profession instead of the usual negativity that troubles the besieged profession. I Am a Teacher in Japan http://www.outpostnine.com/editorials/teacher.html This site contains adult material and may address topics intended for a mature audience. Azrael writes this blog from Japan about his experiences teaching English in Kyoto. Azrael has a puckish sense of humor and shares funny and touching stories about bridging cultural divides to tend to his students. He also has wry personal moments such as relating a story about asking his mother to send him condoms because he cannot fit into condoms available in Japan. Lost My Faculties: A Teacher's Blog http://www.lostmyfaculties.blogspot.com/ This site contains adult material and may address topics intended for a mature audience. Emma Smith is an English teacher on the East Coast. In her blog, she sets the record straight on common misperceptions about the lives of teachers. Rule number one: Teachers are not lucky to get summers off. Ms. Smith does her homework and tells readers that on average teachers work more hours during the school year than the average worker and do not receive compensation during the summer. She also shares stories about her students with a mixture of exasperation and affection. Tard-blog http://www.tard-blog.com/ Tard-blog is a web log written by a special education teacher who shares insight into what's it's like to work with mentally challenged children. The posts are heartbreakingly blunt and often funny. The author shares tales about one especially flatulent student, parental neglect, and how much patience it takes to tend to a child with special needs. Readers will also find plenty of morbidly hilarious stories on this site. This blog contains adult material. Poker FansThe popularity of poker and other forms of gambling has spawned new blogs devoted to the pastime. The Cards Speak http://www.cardsspeak.servebeer.com Poker players visit this site to learn tips from the stories posted on the site, often organized by theme or past games played by the site owner. Guinness and Poker http://www.guinessandpoker.blogspot.com Known at the "Blogfather" among online poker players, Iggy runs the blog Guinness and Poker, which posts poker-related articles and anecdotes about pro poker tournaments. Las Vegas and Poker http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog This site covers the Las Vegas poker scene. Authored by The Poker Prof, the blog incorporates pictures and reports from the tournament tables, including features like "the 9s list," casino openings, and polls. Sound of a Suckout http://www.suckout.blogspot.com Sound of a Suckout is a humorous blog that features advice for online players. This is an excellent site for information on different online sites. Tao of Poker http://www.taopoker.blogspot.com The main attraction at this blog is Pauly's tournament recaps. In fact, his work is so good that Poker Player Newspaper recruited him to cover the 2005 World Series of Poker for them. Up for Poker http://www.upforanything.net/poker/ Otis, CJ, and G-Rob write this blog, offering reports and advice for poker fans. Otis also writes the PokerStars blog. What's It Like to Be a Child?Art Lad http://www.artlad.blogspot.com/ Art Lad is a little boy who posts his art on a blog maintained by his father. When BoingBoing.net post a link to Art Lad's blog, he become a the most well-known kid in the blogosphere. Cherub Boy http://www.cheruboyanonymous.blogspot.com/ Cherub Boy posts his drawings and paintings on this blog. His obvious talent is evident to all his readers. Twinkie Speaks http://www.twinkiespeaks.blogspot.com/ Inspired by Art Lad, Twinkie asked her mother to start a blog for her. Twinkie tells readers about her day and her art projects. What's It Like Being Elderly?Daily Grit http://www.westhorp.typepad.com/dailygrit/ Wes Thorp, a retired staffer with the Michigan state legislature, shares his observations about growing older as a member of the baby boomer generation. Filtered through a conservative point of view, he comments on political issues and news affecting older Americans. Recent posts include updates on his efforts to be a contestant on the "Amazing Race" TV show. Time Goes By http://www.timegoesby.net/ Ronnie Bennet, a radio and television professional, writes a blog exploring what it's really like to grow old. She writes thoughtful posts about aging in the modern world. Her blog is an excellent resource, providing a variety of links to older bloggers, whom she defines as people over 50 years old. Third Age http://www.blog.thirdage.com/ The Third Age is a group blog composed of several older bloggers who post commentary and advice on topics affecting older people and their families. Recent posts have addressed the role of caregivers, "right to die" issues, health and wellness, and tales about grandchildren. The impressive thing about this site is that it's a lovely vessel of collective wisdom and insight about life and maturation. |