Morning Ritual

[poliphilo]

I get up, creak downstairs, pour myself an orange juice, light a scented candle and check out the Guardian online- first the headlines, next the political comment, sometimes the arts news;  then I do the same for the Times. Only when I've assured myself that all's wrong with the world and our leaders are being as boneheaded and venal as ever, do I move onto the next phase- which consists of breakfast, email and LJ.

I don't enjoy the papers any more. I know what the commentators are going to say before I turn to their columns. It's just habit. This is what middle-aged men do, right?  They read the newspapers.

Ailz gets up a lot later than me. She also goes straight online- but instead of reading the news she clocks onto the Rabbits United forum.  I hear her chuckling to herself.  Sometimes she calls me over to look at something particularly cute. "Oh look, this rabbit has mal-aligned incisors."

I believe she's got the right idea; her early morning reading certainly seems a lot more entertaining than mine.  To hell with the gossip of the Westminster village! But what should I read instead?  You guys know what my interests are: can any of you suggest a non-newsy but everchanging website I could use as my home page?

Comments

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Maybe LJ's feed function would be a good way of gathering a selection of interesting regular output into one place for you, without the need to find one single website that can offer as much content for you as two daily newspapers? Some feeds I know of that you might like include pepysdiary, apod, fryblog and maybe a_dons_life - but there are loads more to explore.

[serennos.livejournal.com]

Thanks Pen - I hadn't spotted the fryblog before!

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

It's kind of irregular, but very good when he posts!

[jfs.livejournal.com]

Good idea. :-)

I use LJ as an RSS Feed a lot. Ones I particularly enjoy that you might include

freakonomics - the blog of the book
postsecret
waiterrant - a New York waiter tells us of his daily life - well written and very entertaining.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I've added all of those.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. You've given me a lot to explore there. I've added them all.