Our 50 Favorite Personal Blogs - Opinions, Ramblings, Images, and More
There was the Pythagorean theory, there was the presidential election to rock all presidential elections, and then -- there was the personal blog. The exercise of spilling one's heart out to millions of readers via a QWERTY keyboard has become a rarified art form in itself. In order to solute this beautiful use of the Internet, we've selected (from the millions available) our choices for the best personal blogs online. Their focuses are as varied as the stories of the people behind them. So click around, and root for your favorite.
Dooce: This blog earned superstar status after its founder was fired for providing candid opinions on the goings-on of her office job. Read about her life post-firing here.
This is Indexed: This widely acclaimed site maintains its foundation as a blog that makes both fun and sense of everyday life. Readers can join in the blogger's experiences here.
Broken Secrets: This blog rose to huge fame for its focus on blabbing secrets about the trinkets of everyday life that were formerly well guarded.
New York Chica: These "ramblings of a mom surviving her crazy life" in the Big City carry with them a fair dose of moxie.
But You're Like Really Pretty: Make this your go-to site on Wednesday afternoons; its hilarious antics are guaranteed to get you laughing over Hump Day
Clouds 365 Project -- Year 2: This year-long photographic experiment shooting clouds everyday was such a hit last year that they're doing it again.
Angry Black Lady: This African-American spouts an incendiary opinion that makes for several juicy reads.
Secret Technology: We honestly cannot even simplify for you the theme of this site; all we can say is make sure you have the latest Flash running on your comp, and prepare to be stupefied.
Cocky Bastard: This award-winning website chronicles the exploits of John Halcyon, who believes he deserves to sit on a throne.
Kotke: This Manhattan family man moonlights as a personal blogger par excellence; a site that exemplifies the best in self-revelation.
Brunch: This prestigious blogger wishes she "could invite everyone to brunch every day of the week. But since I can’t, I’ve started this blog to bring us together."
MSM: The kinky title belies a more innocent focus on beautiful illustrations and pictures that portray an interesting mind.
Committee to Free Lori Berenson: This website commenced in a nationwide effort to release Lori from unlawful imprisonment in Chile, and the struggle continues.
Ze's Page: Ze's mind is pretty awesome, and we immediately gravitated to the ultra-modern and thoughtful layout of the homepage.
Abnormal Behavior Child: This extremely sophisticated blog depicts a dystopian tale with post-modern flourishes.
Thirty Daes: This gay and HIV-positive African-American father has endured a lifetime of abuse to emerge triumphant.
Nando Costa: This Brazilian graphic artist living in Portland, Oregon, knows how to blog with consummate style.
Jeff Harris: This excellent photographer chooses to blog not in words but rather via his pictures; luckily, each pic tells a beautiful tale.
Until I Get Married: Ladies, get inside the mind of this new bachelor and feel free to interpret his sometimes provocative behavior as you will.
Nobody Here: Feel free to make this blogger feel a bit more at ease and chat with him live when he happens to be on.
Cockeyed: The cardinal rule followed by the expert photog behind this picturesque site: Always bring your camera.
David Still:): He says it best: "Have you ever wanted to pretend that you were someone else. Well, now you can! If you want to, you can use me to send someone else an email, just use the form below."
101 Cookbooks: Heidi Swanson uses this blog to record her cooking through life, and as long as she's roasting ducks, not Dalmatians, we're on board.
La Coquette: A 29-year-old American who is really French implores you not to hate her just because she lives in Paris, the fabulous City of Lights.
We Make Money Not Art: These endearing artsy fartsies go to museums, interview creative people and share their findings here for all of us.
Cute Overload: This site was so precocious that another blog in this list, Boing Boing, decided to partner with them and turn them into the adorable juggernaut they are now.
Boing Boing: This website does a phenomenal job of getting you where you need to be -- quickly -- in terms of your current pop culture knowledge.
Rocketboom: This "daily international news and entertainment network of online programming based in New York City" has lured quite a large following.
TreeHugger: This is the best blog we could find that was dedicated to providing top-tier coverage of the earth's push for sustainability.
Steven Sebring: One of the world's best photographers has crafted a personal site that is as otherworldly as it is irresistible.
WWdN: In Exile: This actor-turned-writer-turned-blogger extraordinaire upkeeps his long-running turn as a Renaissance man here.
Brenda Ann Kenneally: The photographer and cineaste crafts a blog that cuts the fat and gets you to the heart of the matter -- about her.
Libero Cavinato: The Italian designer writes in English but features a style of artistry that effortlessly transcends mother tongues.
Una Mentira Perfecta: Contrary to the blog's title, a whole bunch of truth-telling is going on from the wise brain of this Latina blogger.
Design Observer: This unsurprisingly well-designed site features a focus on the presence of great design and architecture in our lives.
Planet Billard: The producer, director, and cinematographer flaunts his unique and alluring sense of visual imagination here.
DISSIZSLIX!: The graffiti chic of the website helps to make a great argument to museums about the place of street art in high culture.
Post Secret: It would be foolish of us not to list what might just be the most personal site on this listing; PS invites people everywhere to spill their innermost confessions on a post card.
Laughing Squid: This online resource for art, culture, and technology runs with that rather general focus and brings some eye-catching material to the table.
Skull A Day: This collection of craniums seems to us to be a metaphor for the human obsession of contemplating what lies beneath our skin and bones.
Sassy Wife Chronicles: "Ok, we said 'I do.' Now what?" Turn to Brandi's braggadociously amazing and sweet blog site.
My Star Wars Collection: This guy is clearly obsessed with The Force, but his passion is infectious enough to get us fake lightsaber fighting.
Marc Ecko: One of the world's leading hip fashion designers left a little of his magic over to put to the creation of this vivid site.
Sandrific: Elizabeth has had an amazing idea -- to keep chart of her journeys around the world, all with vials of sand.
1000 Awesome Things: We could come up with 999 different ways to get you hooked on this site, but we've saved our best for last -- click here now.
The Orwell Prize: Every day, this blog divulges another novel portion of the diaries of one of our brightest thinkers ever.
Peaches and Coconuts: This award-winning lesbian blog proves that you can't easily categorize a whip-smart personality like that of this site's writer.
The Daily Dish: Amazing thinker Andrew seems cuddly enough, but his razor-sharp opinions are enough to force even the densest dunces to wake up and pay attention.
Carolyn in Carolina: This "former city girl living in the country with my hubby and my two cats" proves that life on the range can be fun for almost anyone.
Joshua Davis: The New York-based artist, designer, and technologist produces stellar, unmissable designs and site postings.
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