Carol Anne’s Five “Must Read” Blogs

I thought I’d share with you five of my ‘must read” blogs that I have set up in my Google Reader.  These are blogs that aren’t in my bloglist at the side of the blog — that list is reserved for my blogging friends.  These are other blogs that I enjoy.

1. Profgrrrrl:  I started reading this blog about a year after I started teaching.  At that time, ProfGrrl was getting ready for the tenure process, hanging out with her boyfriend, and writing up a storm of amusing and thoughtful posts about life and teaching.  Over time, she’s got tenure, married, had a baby, and still writes amusing and thoughtful posts about life and teaching. As soon as I see a new post in my reader, I pounce on it.
2. Baseball Nerd:  Back in my childhood, I was a huge baseball nerd, thanks in part to my mom and her love of all things Minnesota Twins.  Out in New York, there was another kid just two months younger than me, who was a baseball nerd, thanks in part to his mom and her love of all things New York Yankees.  Through Keith Olbermann’s Baseball Nerd blog, I get to revisit some of those good ol’ days of baseball that were so dear to me, plus learn about the newer generation of players too. 
3. StellaCommute:  Stella writes about being a telecommuter, and occasionally about some quiz game she and her buddies play at a local bar on Tuesday (or is it Wednesday?) nights.  While her posts are short, they are fun to read, with just an edge of snark.
4. CakeWrecks:  If you can’t decorate a cake to save your life, this is the blog for you.  The horribly decorated cakes that are featured here six days a week will make you feel a thousand times better about your cake decorating skills.  And on Sunday, they turn the blog over to photos of absolutely beautifully decorated cakes, that you can’t imagine ever eating.  CakeWrecks always leaves you wanting more.
5. Passive-Aggressive Notes:  Actual notes left by real people, displaying all their passive-aggressiveness to the world.  This one is always a good Friday-afternoon-at-the-office read.

I hope you have a chance to check out a couple of these blogs.  If you have favorite blogs to recommend to me, leave me a note in the Comments.