Bloggomist: Today’s Dish / Yesterday’s Spam
Political Opinion

Two weeks ago, Canadian authorities were notified by an Xbox live gamer in British Columbia that one of his Modern Warfare 2 teammates had threatened to gun down classmates at his high school. According to Kotaku, the teen had planned to obtain weapons “from a friend in the Marine Corps,” claimed he would shoot a pregnant classmate and his best friend, and “make the headlines so that people would remember him forever.” →

The Bloggomist: Today’s Dish/Yesterday’s Spam
Lifestyle Opinion

The air is thick with the natural humidity of the Philippines, the sweat of bodies, and soon, of blood. Men call out bets and after a minute or two, the next two contestants enter, cradled in the arms of their owners, crowing every so often into the chaos. →

Parents Inez and Joel, submitted by Paula

The Bloggomist: Today’s Dish/Yesterday’s Spam
Lifestyle Opinion

To say that “there is a dark side to the Internet” is probably the understatement of the 2010. Spending too much time online sometimes makes me feel like Dave Chappelle in his rendition of “If the Internet Was a Real Place.” →

The Bloggomist: Today’s Dish/Yesterday’s Spam
Lifestyle Opinion

I never thought I would find well-written pieces about dating a douche. But Sorry-Mom.com – which is officially titled “I Bang The Worst Dudes” – is  a blog that puts ex-lovers (aka “Dudes” or “douches”) – on blast for their bad bedside manners – proved me wrong. →

The Bloggomist: Today’s Dish/Yesterday’s Spam
Lifestyle Opinion

I generally don’t like the Q&A style. It’s kind of slacker-y, like picking up a turkey from Boston Market for the family Thanksgiving dinner. But sometimes Q&A is the best way to preserve genius, which is what I consider Tom Lenham, the British creator of the Goths In Hot Weather© blog →

The Bloggomist: Today’s Dish/Yesterday’s Spam
Lifestyle Opinion

When I was 16, I got really drunk while studying abroad in France, threw up in my friend’s suitcase, and ended up the next day with a hangover and a pair of angry parents, who were thankfully 4,000 miles away.

Fortunately for me, digital cameras weren’t around back then, and at any rate, my loyal barf-case friend was not the type to take my drunken picture and post it online.

Some people, however, are not so lucky. →

There’s a good chance if you’re reading this, you’re a relatively intelligent and artsy introvert who, more often than not, plops down in front a computer only to find that two hours later, you’ve accomplished really nothing except discovered some new content online and perhaps acquired a need for eye bleach.

If you aren’t such a person, I can help you with that. Except hopefully, you won’t need the eye bleach afterwards.
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Bad cakes beware – Jen Yates will find you and post you on Cakewrecks, disgraced icing and all. You may even make print if you’re just that bad.

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The Top 5 Photoblogs:

1. Tie:  Sexy People: The Celebration of the Perfect Portrait and Awkward Family Photos: Spreading the Awkwardness

We’ve all had those moments memorialized forever on unforgiving film. Now experience the pain and awkwardness of others, from the ill at ease to the downright bizarre, both sites feature a plethora of portraits. →

For the past two months ever since Sotomayor’s nomination on May 26 for the Supreme Court position, much of the scrutiny has been on her statement on a Latina judge will reach “better” judgments than white men.

Or more precisely:  “A wise Latina, with the richness of her experience, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who has not lived that life.” →