Be Less Boring

The Chosen One of the blog, Be Less Boring, is a New Hampshire resident ("of a town called Hell, or something like it") with many interests. Apparently boredom bothers him, as his subtitle, "Commandment 11: Thous shalt be less boring lest thou rot in hell for all eternity," may actually be his real life motto.

I spent a bit of time on his blog, reading some recent, and older articles...and discovered...

-He is interested in history (He took his children to some of New Hampshire's historical spots.)
-He is concerned about global warming. (He states, "The rest of us, well, we're off living our lives and looking forward to growing oranges and grapefruit here in New Hampshire").
-He likes driving in New Hampshire to be a challenge ("We have tote roads, skidder tracks, snowmobile trails, and Frost's two paths that diverged in the woods").

He DISLIKES, morons who can't figure out they don't pay cash in an EZPass lane, expensive gasoline prices, cities, people who misspell Rollinsford (there is no G in that word), and people who are politically-correct.

He watches his environment carefully (after all, who else would have noticed that a NH "Break for Moose" sign is in the "All Your Base Are Belong to Us" video?

I must admit his writing makes me think he is a New Hampshire-born "Mark Twain." His stories are funny, often tongue-in-cheek, and definitely not boring.

I enjoyed this blog so much that I'm including it among "The BEST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE blogs." Five stars, a must read.

J

Measure Twice, Cut Once (Money and the Economy)

Quentin Lewis, the mastermind behind Measure Twice, Cut Once, used the alias bigqueue, lives in Litchfield, New Hampshire, and is an electrical engineer.

Spanking brand new to blogging, he is off to a good start, with not one, but TWO blogs (I'm only going to critique one here).

Seems like Lewis is concerned a great deal with the United States economy (as we all should be) and his comments are worth reading. I'm hoping he continues his writing.

Someone to keep an eye (or two) on.

J

Granite Rants

Blog: Granite Rants urges you to get out your Skoal and shotguns.

The blog owner lives in Portsmouth New Hampshire; he twitches if he misses his morning banana, and he loves to hike in the mountains. Blogging since March 2002, he writes about life, hiking, sports, politics. You name it--he's written about it.

This blog has some extremely nice photographs accompanying the blog articles--northeast eyecandy that should not be missed. His Flickr link provides additional impressive photographs.

This blog is a bit like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates. And who can resist chocolates?

J

Raising 4 Kids in NH

" Plenty of people have 4 kids right? Well, I do, and here's what my life is like because of it. "

She is a domestic goddess. The 34 year old author of Blog: "Raising 4 kids in NH" has 2 boyds ages 3 and 6, and newborn twin daughters. Since May 2005 she has been sharing stories of her life.

And don't think that everything is humdrum. She is a really funny lady. For example she wrote "Tonight my husband and I are going to open house at my son's school. I thought I'd dress up in drag and really make the teacher wonder!"

A fun read.

J

The Political Climate: Carbon Coalition

The Politicial Climate is a blog on the Carbon Coalition Web site. It speaks for New Hampshire Citizens for a Responsible Energy Policy, and is an ongoing commentary fon the NH Primary and Climate Change.

Kudos to the Carbon Coalition for their first step into the blogging ring in August of this year. Their topic categories include election, energy, policy, etc., which gives you a good idea that their focus in on influencing voters and candidates regarding climate change, and to keep us updated on who says (and does) what during the primaries.

Their affiliated organizations include well known and reputable New Hampshire organizations: the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, Audubon Society of New Hampshire, and NHPIRG (New Hampshire Public Interest Research Group); and then some well-known national organizations, Appalachian Mountain Club and Clean Air-Cool Planet.

Keep an eye on this blog, I expect it to become a powerful champion of our future.

The greatest negative of this blog is that it don't allow comments, and all the posts are anonymous. Hey folks, I realize that global warming is a hot topic (pun intended), but moderate your posts, and allow some disagreement. That is what blogging is about. Also I'd be interested in knowing who is the author, and if there is more than one.

J

The Eye

Every Monday, without fail, you can expect something new from John Herman.

John Herman, the eccentricly creative vblogger of The Eye (a video blog) is 100 years old... oops he lives in Exeter New Hampshire that is 100 years old.. oops... well something like that. Reportedly he'd like to meet Baron Munchausen and Don Quixote for cookies and milk.

The down side is that there is no commenting on this video blog. However, he is also a regular poster on Blog: Area 603, so you can comment from there. [I stand corrected. You may comment. See John's note in the comment section].

A great read for musicians, actors, writers, and culture elitists in the New Hampshire area.

J

Ewe & I Farm

Cindy Yager of Sutton Mills, New Hampshire is the blogger, shepherdess, hand-spinner and hand-knitter of Ewe & I Farm.

Her posts are a folksy, down-to-earth and literally home spun. She writes about both her family's important and lesser events--from the wedding of her daughter to the death of her new Horned Dorset ewe.

Blogging since 2005, most of her posts are about real life on her New Hampshire sheep farm. She includes some very interesting and fun photographs.

Janice