Last weekend, we were asked where we get our new since we do not have a television and we do not receive a daily newspaper. That is a question that comes up every now and then so I thought I would write a post about what has taken the place of reading the morning newspaper in my life. I get up at 5:30 AM every morning to beat the traffic into work. I leave the house a little before 6:00 and am at my desk at work by 6:20 or so. Before I start work I make a pot of coffee. I have a great job–they provide us as much Starbucks coffee as we can drink every day! Then I sit down to my computer, read a chapter or two in the bible using the e-Sword bible program, record what I read on the blog, post Kelly’s latest Betty Blonde comic, and then settle in to read the news for fifteen or twenty minutes before I start work.

The blogs I read can be broken up into four categories. The categories are Friends and Family, News, Homeschool/Science/Christianity, and Technology. I will not list the Friends and Family blogs because they are probably not of general interest. You might be asking why I include homeschool, science, and Christianity in one category. I do not have an answer for that. That is just the way I do it. If you see something I am obviously missing and that I should be reading, please let me know!

News

  • Free Republic – Excerpts from, commentary on, and links to a lot of different news sources. Updated in realtime.
  • Hugh Hewitt – Radio talk show hosts website about national politics.
  • Powerline Blog – Three lawyers who went to college together at Dartmouth about national, Minnesota, and Dartmouth politics.
  • World Magazine Blog – Christian worldview magazine blog.

Homeschool/Science/Christianity

Technology

  • Nerdhow – The best technology “how-to” blog on the internet
  • Linux Online – Linux news
  • Slashdot – Technology news aggregator