I've just added some new links to my sidebar. Of course, they'll stay there for your reference, but I thought I'd point them out with a special post.
Newly added blogs
Bet at Dappled Things got her sister and family into the blogosphere. On any given day you can find posts from any given family member at Mountain Musings. The variety makes for some interesting reading. The Girotti family lives slightly more than an hour south of us in the Shenandoah Valley, so the mutual connection we share through Bet is magnified by our proximity.
Boston Commoner is a blog I've been checking for some time now and have failed to add to my blogroll. Jen lives in Boston, where she goes to church with Austin and Melita Matzko (former society mate and former coworker). When Jen blogs about city life and her church, it vividly reminds me of my days in NYC with my wife, helping in a small urban church there.
New links
I can't vouch for everything on the site, but SportsDesigner covers topics that are right down my alley. The blog has a lot of journalism links--many of which I haven't followed--that might be informative.
Over at Sportspages.com, there's a page of journalism tools. Many of the links are to reference sites for fact-checking sports and general news stories. Other links on the page lead to sites of professional interest.
Anyone who has been a reporter, especially covering sports, has heard a cliche or two from an interview subject. Tom Mangan has a blog, Banned for Life, that documents the cliches that reporters encounter.
Some time ago, I posted an entry which linked to FDNY Trucks. Now I'm just adding it to my personal interest links on the sidebar.
Steve Spak is a fire buff who has been photographing the FDNY in action probably for longer than I've been alive. His photos have appeared in lots of publications, and his long-time interest in the department has apparently gained him some access that not everyone has. (I say that from experience.) The site isn't very well-designed, but there's a wealth of information/photos available if you have the patience.
Posted by JRC at March 17, 2005 09:56 PM | TrackBack