Being a Sepia Mutiny blogger there is one thing I feel guilty about. With this post I am going to try and absolve myself of some of that guilt. It pertains to our blog roll. You know, that list of blogs we have links to in the right hand column of our page. Many of you who are bloggers ask us all the time to add your site to our roll. Our policy is explained in our FAQ:
Q: Can you please add my blog to the sidebar?
A: Send us your Web address, and we’ll take a look. We add the blogs we love, are addicted to and read daily.
We honestly aren’t trying to be blog snobs, it’s just that we feel in order that our readers take us seriously we only include blogs that at least one of us regularly reads and can personally vouch for. It’s like the mob. If we vouch for a site that we really don’t know, then we leave ourselves open to being shot by our co-bloggers. It’s all very Donnie-Brascoesque here in mutinous North Dakota. The best way I find new blogs is when one of you leave a very interesting comment and I click on the link to your name.
I just wanted to give a shot out to some blogs that I am starting to read, and others that belong to dedicated SM tipsters/commenters that may have some promise.
(1) Chocolate & Gold Coins, Michael Higgins- Any blog with the word “chocolate” in the name is a winner. He also sends us good tips.
(2) Punjabi Boy- Really, need I say more?
(3) Currylingus- I think that is my favorite blog name EVER. Neha makes me laugh any time I visit her site. And she’s cute.
(4) Kush Tandon- The guy is definitely lacking in charm 
but he is the only person that visits this blog that knows as much isotopic geochemistry as me.
(5) Desis for Texas- That powerhouse Mimosa has teamed up with Dheeraj to give a kick to this new blog.
(6) arZan sam wadia- This guy has sent us a bazillion tips and I don’t think we’ve used a single one. Ever. You have to give him an A for effort though.
(7) www.CrayonPeople.com- This is a new news aggregator that links to articles pertaining to people of color. It looks promising already.
(8) Dippu- This guy is both obnoxious AND a fundamentalist. I am only listing him here to get him off our backs and to store up some good karma.
(9) Ananthan- Always leaves good comments
(10) DesiDudeinAustin- If I find out that he’s not from Austin (where I have many fond memories from) I am going to take him off this list.
(11) Sluggo- He doesn’t have a blog but this is my not-so-subtle hint that he should start one.
(12) DesiDancer- See #11
(13) dhaavak- This is the most boring blog EVER. EVER. Perhaps that is why I am drawn to it like a car wreck.
(14) The Life and Times of Chai- The BlogHer conference made her famous.
(15) Maisnon- Her blog entry about her first Barbri class is the stuff of internet legends. And she’s a sweetheart.
(16) Bong Breaker- NOTHING yet but the IPO rumors are swirling.
I know I am forgetting several of you. Forgive me please. I am counting on my co-bloggers to fill in the blanks. Before any of us blogged for SM we each had our own individual blogs. We STILL do in fact. I miss blogging on my personal blog terribly. I could be so free there. It’s like when you live alone and can just come home and walk around naked. You can’t do that at SM. Anyways, I feel less guilty now. Like I said, if you want people to visit your blog you should leave good comments on the blogs you visit.
