Bloggers Under Glass

N.Z. Bear has a particularly fine collection of bloggers in this week's New Weblog Showcase.

Jerry McCusker of Machine in the Ghost ponders the question of what things would be like If Americans Ran the Afterlife, and suggests that Purgatory could be run at a profit.

Open Source Software Law has a background article on SCO vs. IBM, but they lose points for failing to use the word "shitferret".

Virtue Pure (sounds like a bottled-water company) muses on the value of role-playing, and suggests that playing Dungeons and Dragons may in fact lead us to better understand other people.

And if that fails, we can zap them with Leomund's Lamentable Belabourment. That'll teach them.

Aaron at Pardon my English suggests that giving drivers licenses to illegal immigrants may not be the smartest move.

Iocean at Inspiranote returns to an essay written shortly after the September 11 attacks. This is warm fuzzy new-age stuff, unfortunately, and not for me at all.

Eye on the Left picks up on some unusually insane ramblings. The post consists almost entirely of the quoted insanity, which confused me a little when I read it reformatted on the Bear's site.

Brainstorming spotted James Dean keeping an eye on holiday traffic and stopped to take pictures.

I couldn't find the selected post from Like a Packet of Woodbines, but this picture is a classic.

And Jim at Snooze Button Dreams wonders why he can't be gay.

So, who are my picks?

Brainstorming, because, well, that's cool and funny.

Snooze Button Dreams because it's funny and insightful, and because I have an addiction to the snooze button myself.

And Pardon my English, because sometimes irony will not do and you just have to cut loose with a rant.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 12:32 AM

Comments

1 Nice linkage!

Posted by: Jennifer at September 11, 2003 01:50 AM (rZmE1)

2 Thank you!

I'm still not getting links to ambientirony.mu.nu counted

I think I know why, and I left a little note for Mr Bear, who perhaps can look into it.

So in the mean time I'll just have to link to everyone else!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 11, 2003 01:52 AM (jtW2s)

3 I can't find the correct post at Snooze Buttons Dreams...stupid bogsplot!

Posted by: Susie at September 11, 2003 02:20 AM (SM1Wt)

4 Stupid Blogspot! Hey!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 11, 2003 02:24 AM (jtW2s)

5 Hi Pixy,

Wait until they hear that you were my first, uh....trackback that is. I had been meaning to find out what that "trackback" button actually did, but I think I get it now! (You might have picked up on the fact that having a blog is a real new experience for me.....lol.)

I like the design of your site, clean and easy on the eyes. It looks like you're in Australia? I plan on adding a list of bloggers around the world.

Nice to meet you and a sincere thanks for being the first to link to a post in brainstorming!

DC

Posted by: DC at September 11, 2003 08:22 AM (hXV8K)

6 thanks for voting in the New Blog Showcase.... there is an angry blogger, however, that is critical of your multiple votes for certain entries (curi.blogspot.com). This person has also made a mockery of the democratic process by casting 25+ votes for another entry in an attempt to bring up VirtuePure's vote count.

Posted by: Aaron at September 14, 2003 03:46 AM (P3ldy)

7 There is always an angry blogger. It's one of the Laws of the Net. (Another law is that any forum will contain at least one crazed lefty.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 14, 2003 04:41 AM (jtW2s)

8 Well, the link whore won the showcase.... he had 6 separate bloggers vote for his entry TWICE, and they dind't do what you did, and vote for everyone once, and their own personal votes a second time...

Whatever happened to fair play?

Oh well... life goes on.

Posted by: Aaron at September 15, 2003 11:58 PM (P3ldy)

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