Three Blogs I like: I have to be honest and say that I rarely peruse blogs on the web. What time I have to be online is usually reading the New York Times, hunting lesson plans, answering email, and catching up with friends and family on Facebook. That being said, I searched through some award-winning blogs and found a few that I feel comfortable recommending.
1) The Onion: I love to laugh and I have a pretty twisted sense of humor, so the Onion is one of my favorite places to visit on the web.
2) The Everywhereist: I also enjoy travelling (I am lucky enough to have a wife who works for Delta airlines – can you say flight benefits?) and then talking snarkily afterwards about those who annoyed me on my excursions. I guess Geraldine DeRuiter does too. I discovered this blog on Time magazine’s Best Blogs of 2011, and it’s funny, smart and while sarcastic it is good-natured about it.
3) Beware of the Blog: A quirky, weird fun blog that I can imagine messing around with for hours (if I can find some down time hours for messing around) . If you are like me and have ripped the tuner knob off your radio after one too many rotations of those same seven classic cuts that radio stations play exclusively, try some of the free MP3 downloads of some of the crazy stuff here.
Two Video Remixes:
I am not sure that this qualifies within strict parameters as a video remix, but this is one of the most genius re-interpretations of a song that I have ever heard. Um..lot's of four letters, sexual references and references to drug use, so bring the earmuffs for the kids. But if you can get past that, and I hope you try, you will hear one of the most brilliant juxtapositions I have ever heard in music: a bluegrass band, The Gourds, covering Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice." Wow.
My second choice is fairly well known but always worth another look: John Stewart's parody of Glenn Beck
I love the onion and John Stewart too. They both use exaggerations or made up scenarios to make a point.
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