review of 10 best blogs for me in 2006 & why

I just started blogging this year and have learned lots from many. I’ve even started another blog on the artful life. But here are the top 10 that helped me the most:

1. for blog-wisdom: problogger. Thanks Darren for being my blogguru!
2. for edgy humor: hands down gapingvoid. Thanks Hugh for the voice from the edge, challenging my status quos and inspiring edgy thinking!
3. for colorful commentary: pergatorio. Thanks Marc for a pictorial critique of the best and the worst of evangelicalism.
4. for personal accessibility: rebeccawrites. Thanks Rebecca for so skillfully communicating your sweet personality through the pages of your blog.
5. for cartoon confidence: chewingpencils. Thanks Matt for inspiring me to start cartooning and to keep it up!
6. for flow-of-crazy-consciousness: abeautifulrevolution. Thanks Andre for just being weird and unashamed.
7. for the best tee-shirts: Tcritic. Thanks Karl for discovering and displaying the worst and the best tee-shirts out there!
8. for mac info: applegazette. Thanks gazette for keeping this mac-lover and user in the know!
9. for biting critique: huffingtonpost. Thanks Arianna for reminding us that honesty and transparency are important and necessary!
10. for canadiana: matthewgood. Thanks Matt for your music as well as your cultural commentary from our unique Canadian perspective.

this list is composed as a part of a competition taking place over at problogger. take a look for other entries.