Saturday Morning Good Writing: Finishing Up with 2006

At last, I am finishing up with good writing I noticed online in 2006. So in place of cartoons - or in addition, no one's saying you can't multi-task - I present the last four posts I had stored up from 2006. All very well written, all worth reading. Have at it.

Having phone banked myself, going through the "unconfirmed" list, I can sympathize with Shark-Fu at AngryBlackBitch in Phone Banking and the Modern Bitch:

Some sick fuck decided that dialing a number wrong or not knowing a number has been disconnected should be rewarded with severe and wince inspiring ear pain!

There is an art to the personal essay. I don't manage it well myself. Miss Zoot does. Check out Simply the Best!:

I learned that I could get just as much attention wearing black nail-polish as I could by getting the top grade on a test. And the black nails were much easier to accomplish. After relishing the stares and whispers after one day of wearing black nail-polish, I braved silver snake rings and black combat boots. OOHH! The attention!

I like Fred Clark when he's snarky. Thus, Behindsight and bias makes me happy.

Or, of course, Vendantam could have simply used Google to find the hundreds of thousands of articles and blog posts from the distant past of four years ago in which thousands of different people said exactly what Vendantam says no one ever said.

And to wrap it up, stevenf has some recommendations on How To Live:

I mean, it can't possibly be healthy for my body or mind to spend each day sobbing uncontrollably and trying to eat as many Carl's Jr. Western Bacon Cheeseburgers as I can before nightfall.

Have a good Saturday!