# Do you have a blog? What's it about? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857 "2011-08-07T19:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LaurenIpsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/21 "2011-08-10T17:07:29Z")
I have two: Cooking With Food - [http://www.cookingwithfood.info](http://www.cookingwithfood.info) . It’s a videoblog (mostly) where I feature recipes made with whole food ingredients, avoiding mixes or canned soups, and keeping processed ingredients to a minimum. It was inspired by my reading Michael Pollan’s books, which got me to start eating healthier. Sit Up and Cycle - [http://www.situpandcycle.info](http://www.situpandcycle.info) . I describe it as “bicycle commuting for the non-athlete.” I guess you could say it’s just one more in a long line of blogs promoting “cycle chic,” where you ride in regular clothes and go at a relaxed pace. The idea is that bicycling can be thought of as a mode of transportation, just like driving, rather than an extreme sport requiring special gear.\* And because I have a personal preference for the upright riding position (common in Europe but not in the U.S.) I named the blog after that. \*Not that I have anything against those who like cycling as a sport. It’s just that a lot of people think of cycling as **only** a sport, and I’m trying to show that you could also think of it as a regular everyday method of transportation. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/22 "2011-08-10T17:46:04Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:20, topic:591857”] I would welcome feedback if any of you decide to peruse it. [/QUOTE] Me too. But only if you laugh. If you don’t think it’s funny, I don’t want to know about it. 😛 Gary I’ve been meaning to get your poop book for my son. Animals and poop are his two favorite things. Well, there’s farts, too, but that’s probably implied. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/23 "2011-08-10T18:39:25Z")
My blog is over here. It’s a personal blog, mostly about books, food, taking care of my little monsters, occasionally sewing or gardening. I’ve been doing it for ages- six years? Eight years?- most of the time I’ve been married. Right, just checked. I started in 2005. It’s the only journal I’ve kept up so long, and I enjoy it. Dunno if anyone else does. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/24 "2011-08-10T18:48:17Z")
I have a blog about living in NYC. I started it in part because I thought it would be fun to have a blog and the city provides a never ending source of stuff to write about and also because I have family members that I talk to once every couple of months and they want to know what I’m up to but I always draw a blank. “Uh, I know I did awesome stuff but for the life of me I can’t remember what it was!” It’s called [My Life in the Big Apple](http://mylifeinthebigapple.blogspot.com/). ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/25 "2011-08-10T18:58:34Z")
I have two. One is just a book blog, mostly started because I always wanted to join those reading challenges that start every January. It’s in its second year. Lately I’ve been posting fluff because I was so worked up about getting ready to speak at a homeschooling conference that I could only read fluff. It’s called [Howling Frog Books.](http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/) I also have a sort of project blog about [American history](http://americanprimarysource.blogspot.com/), which I thought was going to turn into something, and then didn’t. Lately I’ve been neglecting it, but I might get it going again soon. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/26 "2011-08-10T18:59:52Z")
> [@Lissla\_Lissar](#): > > My blog is over here. [snip] > > It’s the only journal I’ve kept up so long, and I enjoy it. Dunno if anyone else does. 😃 I just looked at it, and nearly fell out of my chair. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![drbhoneydew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@drbhoneydew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drbhoneydew)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/27 "2011-08-10T19:02:14Z")
No. I stopped when I caught myself ranting about the quality of ironing boards. Me and any form of diary activity do not mix. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/28 "2011-08-10T19:17:48Z")
Thanks. 😃 The next few months are going to be complaining about pregnancy, and mad, frenzied preparation before possible bedrest and the twins arrive. It adds something to the normal run of Gnat’s diabetes, what-I-just-cooked, life minutiae. Cripes. This is going to be nuts. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/29 "2011-08-10T22:05:24Z")
> [@drbhoneydew](#): > > No. > > I stopped when I caught myself ranting about the quality of ironing boards. Me and any form of diary activity do not mix. I think that, depending on rant style, I would totally read this rant. I love reading rantings on mundane stuff. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/30 "2011-08-10T22:36:11Z")
You should be my FB friend then. A couple of weeks ago I actually did post about my ironing board (which is from about 1960). ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/31 "2011-08-10T23:51:55Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Gary I’ve been meaning to get your poop book for my son. Animals and poop are his two favorite things. Well, there’s farts, too, but that’s probably implied. This can be easily arranged! I’ll chat with you offline about it… ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/32 "2011-08-11T00:17:51Z")
Mine is called [Campp’s Railfan Adventures.](http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/blog.php?3376-campp) It’s mostly my railroad photography, along with a little history. I think you have to be a member of the forum to see it, not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/33 "2011-08-11T00:58:57Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Me too. But only if you laugh. If you don’t think it’s funny, I don’t want to know about it. 😛 I laughed. Not at the pizza recipe (that got me thinking about trying to reproduce the cashew chicken pizza with feta cheese that a restaurant made in the town near where I used to live, but I digress…), but at the chipmunk stories. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/34 "2011-08-11T02:29:45Z")
My blog is part of my **Tokyo Disney Resort** fansite. So, naturally enough, the blog theme is about being a [Nempa](http://www.jtcent.com/nempa/) (Annual Passport holder) there. No worries though. It’s all in English! ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/35 "2011-08-11T02:33:04Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > You should be my FB friend then. A couple of weeks ago I actually did post about my ironing board (which is from about 1960). Hee! Was it full of angry? That’s the best. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/36 "2011-08-11T02:35:31Z")
Yeah, I run what is arguably [the world’s worst sports blog](http://worldsworstsportsblog.com). I started it when I started applying to grad schools so that anyone who googled my name would get a result that showed me being smart but boring, as opposed to a dentist in Indiana. It started off as a generic politics blog and morphed with my interests to the point where now it’s almost exclusively economics- and statistics-focused baseball stuff. Much of it is probably incorrect or at least incomplete, from a theoretical perspective. I update irregularly and occasionally do a blatant grab for backlinks from [baseball-reference.com](http://baseball-reference.com). Still, I do get to lead into hockey conversations during playoffs with “You know, there’s a statistically-significant Kate Smith effect for the Flyers.” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/37 "2011-08-11T02:48:45Z")
My blog is [very dull](http://guanolad.blogspot.com/), it’s just me ranting and pondering, but it does have [a popular post](http://guanolad.blogspot.com/2010/04/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to.html) that was linked to from [somewhere else](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs) so gets a lot of notice. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/38 "2011-08-11T13:43:04Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:33, topic:591857”] the chipmunk stories. [/QUOTE] start [here](http://esoileau.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/a-bumper-crop-of-bunnies/) in case anyone else is interested in what a wuss I am. Preview: I did not welcome my new chipmunk overlords. LISSLA! Wow, congratulations! I have sisters who are twins, so I’ve been through it, albeit as mother, second-in-command. (I was 17 when they were born.) I advise you to be prepared to not remember whole chunks of your life. It gets easier after the first six months, though, honest. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/39 "2011-08-11T13:56:03Z")
I am loving everyone’s blogs! What a creative and interesting bunch of people we are. I’m going to be reading a **lot** for the next couple of weeks… I hope nobody minds some comments on their posts. Feel free to filter out my smartass thoughts. Also, OMG, **Lissla** , babies! congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857/40 "2011-08-11T14:59:41Z")
I have one that I’ve been doing since 2000 (though I added some manual journal entries from before that to it as well). It’s mostly a personal journal but it has other things from time to time. Anyway it’s here: [Minutiae](http://opalcat.livejournal.com/) If you click on the “Home” button at the top that takes you to [http://opalcat.com](http://opalcat.com) which is my homepage which is also kind of blog-like but with a wider scope. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-blog-whats-it-about/591857.md?page=3)