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Having switched to Google Reader I find the list of blogs I follow expanding. Here are three which I’ve started on recently that I think are worth sharing…

• That very British and yet somehow subversive institution which is Stephen Fry
• John August – screen writer currently out on strike in the US
• Ken Levine – TV Comedy writer

Having previously looked at Mambo today I found myself looking at Joomla which is so similar it might almost be the same but somehow in the end tastes slightly different. I can think of only one word to describe the difference based on a very quick look at each – Joomla felt cleaner. Which has to be just about the worst product review I’ll ever give. One thing that is starting to annoy me with open source projects is web sites without a simple, accurate feature list for the project. I’d write more but Heroes is about to start.

After a brief rest from all that blogging here is my last NaBloPoMo post this year.

I’ve been using Technorati for 18 months to keep track of my favourite blogs but of late the service has been unreliable. Fortunately Google Reader has now come out of the Google Labs and so tonight I switched all the feeds I follow over to it.

I’ve decided to cut back on the number of Thursday Thirteen and Wordless Wednesday posts. Partly because I’m spending too much time on them each week, partly because I want to look around for some different memes to try and partly because I’m finding it harder to come up with good ideas for them each week. I hope that when I do take part I’ll bring something to the table that is worth other people bothering to read.

1. Boy Meets Girl – Waiting for a Star to Fall
2. Bob Marley – Iron Lion Zion
3. Beverly Craven – Promise me
4. Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite
5. Jennifer Warnes – First We Take Manhattan
6. Level 42 – Running in the Family
7. Pearl Jam / Neil Young: Rockin in the free world
8. Michael McDonald – Sweet Freedom
9. Mark Cohn – Walking in Memphis
10. tanita tikaram – Good Tradition
11. Starship-Nothing´s Gonna Stop Us Now
12. John Farnham – You’re The Voice
13. Midnight Oil – Beds are Burning

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I’ve been creating some renders as possible illustrations for my short story for The Steward, the Kriegsherr, his Femme Fatale & her Brother. Some I’m happier with than others which is a shame as I want to use them to make a montage…

1. Adulescent – Dresses and acts like he’s 16 although he’s now in his 30s.
2. Barbiedcutie - Would be attractive woman who has spent too long on the sunbeds.
3. Brandroid – Everything in their life has a brand on it not just their clothes.
4. Imobilised phone – In front of you at the check out with only a few items but too
   busy on their phone to pay, pack and move on. Shop assistants won’t challenge them if you do your clearly a lower form of life.
5. Robbin’ Hoodies – Hoodie wearing youths hanging round wherever there is light with no where better to go.
6. Mosher – Neo Goths in their all black uniforms hanging round where the Robbin’ Hoodies aren’t.
7. Sugar Plum Scary – Some mothers used to dress their kids to look like them and that was frightening. Now some mothers dress like their 8 year old which is far, far, far scarier.
8. Anorakxia – Thin, pale individuals who frequently lack social skills but who can bore you on a diverse range of subjects from Apples latest Operating System to a TV show that isn’t available over here yet but they’ve downloaded the first three series from the US.
9. Black Collar Worker – People who work in marketing and other creative jobs who who wear a uniform of designer jeans and polo neck shirts in ten thousand shades of black.
10. iPod Shuffler – They move in a rythmic way that suddenly jumps as their iPod randomly picks another track.
11. Sticker Stacker – You see them in the supermarket. They came in for milk and bread but the lure of Buy One Get One free was too much and now they can’t decide how many they need so they’ll have to take the lot.
12. Saga Louts – Over sixty, Over there and Over the Top. But most of the time over here wanting to be over there. You may find them, as I did tonight, hanging round bus stops. My Saga Lout told me about the football score and then told me a dozen jokes. Badly. Then he wandered off without catching a bus.
13. Google Eyed – Someone who has spent too much time on the Internet and now has a rather odd stare

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DarkDwarf mentioned NaBloPoMo, National Blog Posting Month, although since these things seem to not follow traditional boundries I’m wondering what the national anthem of blogging is. Since I post most days anyway I’m just going to have to make sure I have something to say every day…

Miss January 2008: Skenan Ann Bones ~ She wants to be a famous model at all the best shows.

Miss February: Finnea Bone ~ She’s got a great sense of humour

Miss March: Di Bones ~ She Welsh and she mixes a great martini

Miss April: Bona Fide ~ An Italian lady who cannot tell a lie so please don’t ask her age

Miss May: Bon Voyage ~ Wants to see the world

Miss June: Boneshaker ~ She loves to dance

Miss July: Boneanza ~ She just adores Lorne Greene

Miss August: "Hip" Bone ~ She’s just one cool chick

Miss September: Bonhomie – A little ostentatious but benevolent too

Miss October: Bon Marche ~ She’s French and she likes discount shopping

Miss November: Bonehead ~ Not the brightest skeleton in the pack

Miss December: Talulah Bonny ~ A good looking lass with great ankles

Bonus Girl: Shelly "Bob" ~ Favourite TV Show: Blackadder

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