Blogorama – Links & Highlights of the Week

You ready for the weekend? Because here it comes.

I went to the B3nson Family Funsgiving last night. Flew solo because the crew I was going to run with ended up pulling out, but it was a blast none the less. Que Caro may be my new favorite local band, and seriously, why aren’t you listening to Beware! The Other Head of Science? It must be because YOU’RE A JERK.

COMMENT (Exchange) OF THE WEEK

Phoneguy: “28? I have underwear older than you.”
Me: “Why on Earth do you have 28-year-old underwear?”
Phoneguy: “Sentimental reasons.”

- from Potential Concert of the Year Tonight

THIS WEEK: The sad state of Detroit, Teri Conroy fights an uphill battle to preserve her way of life, a mid-life crisis, Four Loko, birds, and more. THIS…IS BLOGORAMA.

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TU BLOG HIGHLIGHTS

Detroit: Our Latest Katrina (The Davenport Chronicles)

Teri Goes to the Zoning Board Meeting (Farm Life)

“If I hear one more of these overly loud yawns…” (High School blog)

“God Wants to Be Friends on Facebook” (Chuck Miller)

5 Reasons I’m Old Now (Simpler Living)

Hellions of Troy: Next Home Bout (Roller Derby)

What Does “Nice” Mean, Anyway? (Amanda Talar)

Why the Four Loko Ban May Fail Albany (Albany blog)

On E-Books and Riot Grrrls, community and audiences (Daniel Nester)

Animal Trafficking: Birds (Animal Rights)

Albany County Legislator Brian Scavo is Crazy, Racist, and Dumb (Local Politics) <—that’s my headline, not theirs

Word. (High School blog)

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More amazingness is after the jump.

ELSEWHERE ON THE INTERNET

Locally

Mental Warfare (Fitness Evolution)

Declaration of Frightened Independence (Alan Ilagan)

Getting Some Tailgate (Keyboard Krumbs)

How to Leave Albany (Keep Albany Boring)

Sean Rowe Signed to Anti- Records (Nippert0wn)

The World at Large

David Haye, The Great Ducker (Don’t Kid Yourself: Sports Edition)

Muppet Monsters Re-Imagined as Real Monsters (Monster Brains)

Why I Don’t Take My Kids to NFL Games (Jeff Pearlman)

Microcosmos: Seeing the Tiniest of the World Around Us (Best Bookmarks)

Images Russian Illustrated “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Books (Monster Brains)

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ART

Insightful, thoughtful, inspirational, and/or straight up pretty stuff from great artists, most of whom I just learned existed in the past week.

The Wrinkles of the City by JR (street art/photography)

Sally Jackson (painting)

“Copy Artist” by Michael Wolf (photography)

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MMA

My First Fight: Dennis Hallman (MMAFighting.com)

Hughes and Penn Eager for Trilogy Fight (Dave Meltzer)

Parisyan Always Thought White Would Let Him Fight Again (CageWriter)

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