He blogs!

Or at least I aspire to.  More often I'm reading other peoples' blogging handywork as I scroll through my Google Reader feed (highly recommended for those of you who enjoy information overload).  So where do I go for updates on the world when work affords a window of opportunity?  Some favorites and recommendations:


(1) Above the Law - awesome if you're a lawyer, law student, or know someone who is and can't quite make sense of why they are the way they are.  Essentially, ATL is a legal tabloid and go-to source for hilarious anecdotes about life as lawyer


(2) Tuned In - Time magazine's James Poniewozik represents a classier take on entertainment (mainly TV) news.  I enjoy the occasional "Morning After" reviews as well as his take on current events in the media





(3) Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball - less of a blog and more of a weekly commentary for us proud political junkies.  As the title would suggest, Sabato, a political science professor at UVa, has a penchant for accurately forecasting the outcomes of elections.  The site also offers the occasional regression analysis of voting behavior, for those so inclined.  I also enjoy the "Tweets of the Week"--it's rare to get pithy political insight from a PhD. 


On the lighter side...


(4) Pearls Before Swine - a somewhat irreverent comic strip that frequently "out funnys" Dilbert, Non Sequitur and the like.  



Of course, you have to be able to handle absurd characterizations (a gun-toting sea anemone) and outrageously horrible puns.

(5) Today's Big Thing - never at work, always at home.  Sometimes hilarious (see: icy hill in San Francisco), other times best left unwatched.  Still, worth a look every so often.  Case in point? These guys:


Tack on a mass of news feeds (CNN, NPR, WSJ, etc) and blogs from friends and family, and I'd say my online diversions pretty well sum me up.  Strange how that happens.