I skimmed through all the current nominationsto be certain I wasn't "repeating" (which I probably am but oh well). I was looking for the TRUE nominations and not the shameless self-promotions. There were a heck of a lot of those. One thing I've set out to NEVER do is self-promote my blog. If that means it remains in the fledgling state, so be it. I'd rather have a few faithful readers here by choice than be a linkwhore begging for hits (no offense to those of you that do...it's just not my style). If my blog should one day become popular, I want it to be the good old fashion way: Word o' mouth. Or in the net's case, "Word o' Links".

Now, onto my nominations. I get bored very easily and thus it takes a lot for a blog to really draw me in. "A lot" generally translates to "personality". Dry, stale, content is just like everybody else. I am diametrically opposed to about 50% of the blogs I read, but you probably won't hear about any of them here. I try to only link things of interest to readers. I think everyone on my blogroll is deserving, but these are a few of the blogs that keep me on my toes:

Booker Rising: Awesome news-type blog for moderates/conservatives with a focus on counteracting defeatism in the black community. Maintains a good balanace of positive and negative which I like. He also manages to snag some of the most interestingly obscure daily news.

Rosenblog: Props to fellow Seattleite, and freelance writer Matt Rosenberg. He often writes about the twisted politics in Seattle but he doesn't leave non-Seattle residents out. He writes in such a way that brings you into his world. I was first hipped to him via a commentary he wrote on Bill Cosby in the National Review. Good stuff.

EvangelicalOutpost: I don't always agree with what Joe writes but that's not what I look for in a weblog. He gives incisive commentary with a Conservative Christian worldview. He pushes out way too many good essays at a time. Makes me wonder if he's really that smart.

Avery Tooley: I love this guy. Again, we don't always agree, but he has an underhanded way of making you think twice. He's admittedly a music buff so he spends about 50% of his time on that, but he's been writing more and his writing style is very conversational which I like.

Hot Abercrombie Chick: Yeah okay, bad choice of name. But the chick behind the blog is Amanda Doerty, a sophmore philosphy major. She doesn't post as regularly as I think she should, but when she does they are very thoughtful philospical arguments. Better to read when you have some time to think.