State of my Blogroll

I started a new contract project last week. The interesting thing about this one is that the internet on our computers is blocked -- except for two sites: CNN and WebMD (insert your own joke here.) There are about 30 of us in the room and two shared computers that have full internet access for those who want to take a break and surf the web or check e-mail for a few minutes.

One would assume that our internet is blocked to increase productivity, but it actually turns out to be counterproductive because most people end up surfing the web on their phones.

The shared computers are directly to my left, so I can see what people are doing. For the most part there's nothing interesting -- most people just check their e-mail. One highlight was watching a girl check fantasy football.

Another highlight was yesterday when a guy logged into Blogger and edited a post on a blog called Reel Nerds.

I asked him about it and he told me that he and his friends love movies and use their blog to post reviews. He said he was editing a post because one of his friends -- who is a good writer otherwise -- always mixes up "you're" with "your", and "there" with "their", and "it's" with "its".

"Why don't you just tell him?"

"Yeah, I know, but he's really sensitive about this stuff, and I don't think he'd take it well."

Weird.

I didn't press him on it, but I wanted to.

Regardless, I read his blog on my phone for the next half hour and enjoyed the reviews. (although I think they're giving a bit too much credit to Gran Torino.) I'm just going to spoil the ending of Gran Tornio right here so that others don't have to sit through it. In the end, Clint Eastwood gets all of the bad guys to kill him so that they'll get sent to prison and won't be able to bother his neighbor anymore.

Trust me, that was for your own good.

So anyway, I'm adding Reel Nerds to my blogroll. (And in terms of publicity; being added to my blogroll is one step below being a guest on Oprah.)

My blogroll is in a pretty sad state. I hardly know anyone who blogs anymore. I've got half a mind to drop Hansen's blog and add this one, which is basically just baby pictures posted by a guy I barely know. But some of the pics have pretty cool scenery, and he seems like a good enough guy, so it's an option. I just keep Hansen's blog on the blogroll because of the V-Day post.

And how about Oprah leaving Chicago? Crazy.

Chicago is known for two things: R. Kelly and Oprah.

Now what?