Nutmeg Blogs

In her New York Times article, "It's Another Day in Connecticut," writer Jane Gordon describes a handful of blogs from the Nutmeg State. Her article is interesting because it shows the popularity of blogs, but it also hits on the key problem with blogs: finding the good ones.

While searching for a blog to cover for this class, as well as searching for three others for my Interpersonal Communication class, I read through about 50 awful blogs. The fact that anyone can create their blog in a matter of seconds on a free website is both a blessing and a curse. In order to find a handful of good ones i had to wade through a truckful of bad ones.

In the articl, Gordon links to a weblog named "The Creeping Meatball" by Rich Hanley. Why this man has a blog in the first place is a mystery to me. All he does is briefly touch on a topic and then link to the source. After every post he writes, "To read more..." and then links to a news article. This isn't a blog I would read on a regular basis because it has no redeeming qualities or personal opinion.

Just as with the daily newspaper, where we need to flip through a couple pages to find an interesting article, we need to flip through a couple blogs to find one with meaning and importance. Hanley's blog, as well as Gordon's article, are evidence that people will read just about anything, even if it has no point.