Because I find myself without anything interesting or humorous to write about, I thought this would be a good opportunity to mention three Jersey Bloggers who do have interesting things to say:
The Bad Hair Blog. What a great name for a Blog! It sorta makes me want to change the name of my Blog to "The Great Farookin' Hair Blog," but that would make me a stinko copycat. Anyway, please check out Fausta's blog, which contains interesting observations about things Jersey and elsewhere. Oh, and if you happen to be bi-lingual, Fausta sometimes writes in Spanish. Very cool.
Shamrocketship. Lynne is fairly new to the blogging thing, and she is off to a good start. She writes well about life's passing parade. She blogs from "Down the Shore," more properly pronounced as one word "Downahshore." Of course, she bristles at those of us from Northern Jersey referring to her part of the state as "Down the Shore," but she doesn't understand that going "Down the Shore" may or may not involve a trip to "the Beach." Take a look. As I said, she writes well and has a good sense of humor.
The Jersey Side. John Shabe, the blog's author, is sort of an "official blogger" at www.nj.com. He focuses on life in the Garden State, which lately includes a daily dose of political scandal. Good reading.
Posted by Jim at July 15, 2004 07:02 PM
ooohhh. I'm flabbergasted. I really am. And "Down the shore" sounds WAY too much like Dinah Shore, which will just land you in TOTALLY the wrong Google search . . .
Posted by: Lynne at July 15, 2004 10:18 PMThank you Jim, thank you!
And the bad hair is caused by those pesky, and rising, NJ taxes!
I've just been introduced to "Stephanie Plum," who is the main character in a series of goofy books set in Trenton, by Janet Evanovich. I need to add your recommendations to my reading so I can immerse myself in New Jersey culture. It seems that the main requirement for living in New Jersey must be a great sense of humor!
Posted by: buffy at July 21, 2004 08:52 PMBuffy,
I have read the first nine Stephanie Plum books (I just bought #10). The stories and characters absolutely slay me. Reading them them is like eating a bag of pistachio nuts.
Posted by: Jim - Parkway Rest Stop at July 21, 2004 09:25 PMAbsolutely! I finished #3 at 1:00 this morning. Now I have to go buy the rest of the series. The scenes where the women are all dragging guns out of their purses to compare firepower made me laugh out loud....so did the scene where Stef left Morelli standing on the curb in his socks and shirt.
Posted by: buffy at July 22, 2004 05:48 PMI love all the characters -- all of them. However, I think I find myself laughing the hardest at the grandmother.
Posted by: Jim - Parkway Rest Stop at July 22, 2004 06:24 PMoh yeah....! I'm waiting to see how my 87 year old mother reacts to Grandma Mazur! I gave her the first three books to read.
Posted by: buffy at July 23, 2004 12:18 AM