Missing Links

As I've been remaking this blog, I've been reading a lot of sites that had somehow never made it onto my blogroll. There's a ton of great writing out there to pay attention to - if you don't use Google Reader or some other aggregator, you're missing a lot.

Help me fill in the missing links on my blogroll. Here are a few I'm adding today:

Average Jane: I can't believe I haven't had Average Jane on my blogroll! I've known her in the real world for at least a couple years, and read her blog faithfully. She is anything but average - a smart ad person who also sings in rock bands. Her blog covers everything from recipes to relationship musings, in a friendly, thoughtful manner.

Kansas Sity Sinic: A Johnson County Republican woman who posts frequently and briefly. She keeps things light and amusing, and probably provokes more thought that way than she would if she posted long annotated diatribes about policy matters. And she's funny 9 times out of 10.

Absolutely Feisty: Young single mother battles her way through battles internal and external with a good heart and a sassy attitude. A must-read, but pay attention. Some of her best posts get deleted within 24 hours, when she gets her temper back!

Hot Blog on a Stick: Part of the Bull E. Vard and Chimpotle media empire, this blog focuses on the food you don't want to admit you've eaten. Unabashedly lowbrow, their two-voiced takedown of the Domino's bread bowl was one of the most descriptive pieces of writing on bad food I have ever read.

KC Hop Head: The guy's a new homebrewer and he's already putting raisins in his porter. That sort of creativity makes me suspect he's going to be brewing some of the best beer in the region soon. His writing is sharp and intelligent.

Keep on Truckin': "Some call it making new mistakes. I say I’m having new adventures." This woman is in the process of changing her life after a divorce, and her breezy wit leaves you only wishing that she would post more often. (Hint, hint.)

May's Machete: I won't even try to sum up what you'll find here. She describes it as "A cutting-edge view of lifestyle, culture and society", but that sounds like a pretentious literary magazine to me. May writes challenging, though-provoking, intimate stuff that makes you think a little harder and a little more clearly. A new favorite.

Show Me Eats: Food reviews from small town Missouri. Next time you're headed to the hinterlands, check this place out for thoughts on where to eat that doesn't involve a corporate drive-through.

Show-Me Beer: If you're a beer enthusiast, it's a great time to be alive. Show-Me Beer helps you sort through the wonderful array of options showing up on the shelves. Easy to read and well-informed, this blog is a free course in beer tasting, without the snobbery.

The Wort Hog Beer Blog: Another new brewer, now branching into the world of mead, too. ("Wort" is the word for beer before it ferments. Brewers make wort, yeast makes beer.) Her posts are well-researched and informative.

Shane Life: Another personal-musings blog. As a genre, these are the best or the worst of the blog world - it depends on whether you are engaged by the writing and the topics. Shane is deep without being "heavy", and has a knack for coming up with topics that have been kicking around in the back of my own mind.
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Alright, friends, what have I missed? Comment or email with suggestions about what else I should have in my blogroll.