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I have a little extra time this morning. I have an eye exam at 8:15 so I don’t have to make the trek in first thing.

So, whilst I’m breaking fast on some fat –free cottage cheese and tomatoes, let me touch base with some of the blogs I read. They will be done alphabetically, not in order of preference. Now…

A Sourapple Tree has been writing about food. Not just any food, but food he cooked himself. He’s been watching too many cooking shows on the tele. Come to think of it, I believe he’s the first blogger I’ve read who admits to owning a George Foreman grill.

There are a couple new blogs I’ve added and Broad Oaks is one of them. Tim has a diverse range of topics on his site. He runs the gamut from how he settled on his blog name to gluttony.

Vic, over at Change West Virginia, is on his toes as usual. Recently he has been raking Kathy Mattea over the figurative coals regarding her shameless publicity stunt of flying over mountaintop removal sites and boo-hooing all over the cameras. (She has a coal mine themed album coming out soon.) Kathy has succumbed to the Al Gore School of Environmentalism, forgetting where she came from. She also forgets to look at reclaimed sites and acknowledge that there are many that have served the communities well. Cherry-picker.

Poor redzeppelin needs to find some way to complete one book before starting another. According to his recent post at Destination Unknown he has at least four going now. I sort of do that. I will have professional magazines ½ read at work and a book going at home, but I can’t juggle four different books. I couldn’t juggle four boy-friends in high school either, but THAT is for another day!

Over at Don Surber’s House he’s grinning like the Cheshire Cat over Hilliary Clinton’s snub of the Hardy County Democratic Party. Seems that $50,000 in donations isn’t enough to buy yourself a visit by Mrs. Bill Clinton. You’d think, being from Arkansas as she is, she would understand the plight of the poor poultry farmers and rural Dems. But – no. They’re just chicken poo on the bottom of her shoes. I bet Obama would stop by for 50K – do you think they have the cahonoas to invite him?

The Hillbilly Savant always has a variety of interesting Appalachian stories posted. I stop over there frequently to read up. The site is really well done and keeps me coming back. Currently, there is a story about Nick Grindstaff, a local historical figure in the Johnson County Tennessee area.

I haven’t had Infinity Ranch on my blogroll very long. JDB and I are polar opposites in many areas. But, it’s an interesting read just the same. Currently, he has written about a musical piece he created. I listened to it. It’s pretty long, not necessarily something I’d buy a ticket to hear, but interesting.

Lincoln Walks At Midnight has a post with links on Senators Byrd and Rockefeller voting to kill our soldiers serving in Iraq by pulling them out. (My opinion, not LWAM’s.) The minute you announce to the world that we’re pulling out, our sons and daughters are going to be slaughtered.

Useless Drivel hasn’t updated his blog for a while. The last post was in regards to the passing of the legendary Mr. Wizard. But, stop by anyway. Something interesting generally pops-up.

I’ve also added The Charlestonian to my list. I tripped across this one a few weeks ago and felt it was an interesting site for inside opinions on things happening in the Capital City.

The Film Geek always has interesting reviews of movies on his site. The recent post on Premonitions has me considering renting it. I’m not much on attending movies at the theatre anymore, but I do like to watch them at home. It just costs way too much to go to the movies.

The Holywriter was previously listed with the author’s name. He was debating whether to revert to an anonymous style and I thought I would just revise the link. That way, no matter his decision I had it covered here. He’s got some good stuff on there. It’s worth a look.

That leaves WV Bloggers. This is a great little message board for bloggers. Even with big disagreements everyone keeps a civil tongue in their fingers. I love to debate and argue, but I really despise the name-calling you find on a lot of message boards. These folk do a great job!

Well, no more for me thanks, I’m driving. Have a great day!

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