<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SYCZmsOOf1I/AAAAAAAAAkg/kKwnpNjZ4jM/s1600-h/DSC03508-1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SYCZmsOOf1I/AAAAAAAAAkg/kKwnpNjZ4jM/s400/DSC03508-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296402051772612434" border="0" /></a>I'm still burrowed in here at the house, thanks to the snow and ice. Not that today is different from most days, since I tend to be a burrower no matter what's going on outside, but still. <div><br /></div><div>As a result, I've had some time to really comb through the <a href="http://okiedoke.com/ok/08awards/index.html">2008 Okie Blog Award nominees</a>, and I want to let you TDT readers know about a few blogs I really like but have somehow flown under my radar - until now. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Oh, the mommy blogs. </span>Because I need (a lot of) reassurance that I'm not crazy and that I'm not doing everything absolutely, totally, completely, 100-percent wrong.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div><a href="http://rocksinmydryer.typepad.com/">Rocks in My Dryer</a>, nom'd for best overall blog, best family blog and best writing blog. Duh.</div><div><a href="http://mariawj.blogspot.com/">A Piece of My Mind</a>, nom'd for best writing. I love crunchy hippie chick moms. </div><div><a href="http://blitherevival.blogspot.com/">Blithe Revival</a>, for best family blog. Great writing.</div><div><a href="http://emeryjo.blogspot.com/">moms are for everyone</a>, for best family blog. Lots of new baby love happening in this woman's house. Ah, those are some great days. Plus, I love that the bloggers at moms are for everyone and Blithe Revival are buds. Maybe one day my blogger buddies (<a href="http://havesporkwilltravel.blogspot.com/">here</a>, <a href="http://isaacsmomhw.blogspot.com/">here</a> and <a href="http://greentulsa.blogspot.com/">here</a>) and I will be pitted against each other in what would promise to be a grandiose battle to the death for an Okie Blog Award. Heh. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">There are a few left-wing blogs in Oklahoma.</span> They exist! And, surprise, they're way decent.</div><div><a href="http://www.okiefunk.com/">Okie Funk</a>, nom'd for best overall blog and best political blog (I wonder what would happen in a dueling blog match between my favorite hometown blogger Michael Bates at <a href="http://batesline.com/">Batesline.com</a>, also nom'd for best overall blog and best political blog, and Kurt Hochenauer. It'd be fun to watch, anyway.) and <a href="http://peacearena.org/">Peace Arena</a>. Also, <a href="http://alternativetulsa.blogspot.com/index.html">Alternative Tulsa</a> and <a href="http://www.blueoklahoma.org/">Blue Oklahoma</a>. Maybe one day a bleeding heart Tulsan with a laptop and an equally encyclopedic knowledge of this city and its people will take MB to task. Someday? Maybe? No? Okay.  </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Hilarity! </span></div><div><a href="http://theredneckdiva.com/">Redneck Diva</a>, nom'd for best humor blog. I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">get </span>this woman. Is that bad? </div><div><a href="http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/">Irritated Tulsan</a>, nom'd for best humor blog and best unusual blog. I love the Photoshoppy goodness happening on this blog. Check out <a href="http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/all-time-top-10/">the top 20 posts</a>, but not at work, unless <a href="http://tulsabusiness.com/article.asp?aID=09270477.98730702.629200.4198223.3421987.735&amp;aID2=48391">you work someplace that's cool with you laughing your hind-end off and not acting like an android all day long</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Other faves.</span></div><div><a href="http://www.irokradio.com/">IROK Radio</a>, nom'd for best audio blog. IROK is the handiwork of the folks behind the always-awesome <a href="http://dfest.com/">Dfest</a>, Tulsa's landmark music festival. Lend thine ear. </div><div><a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/">Confessions of a Pioneer Woman</a>, for best overall blog and best looking blog. Do not visit this site unless you want to be sucked into the all-consuming vortex that is the world of <a href="http://reedrummond.com/">Ree Drummond</a>. At first <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=drummond+ranch+oklahoma&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a">she was just rich</a>, but <a href="http://2009.bloggies.com/">now she's rich </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://2009.bloggies.com/">and</a></span><a href="http://2009.bloggies.com/"> famous</a>. A huge Osage county cattle ranch and a catchy blog will do that for ya. </div><div><a href="http://www.twoheadedblog.com/">Two-Headed Blog</a>, for best commentary. I love the concept of the two-headed blog, and the little two-headed-type person on the masthead makes me laugh. And, there was <a href="http://www.twoheadedblog.com/?p=1755">a great post about the Price Tower Arts Center posted there recently</a>. I dig. </div><div><br /></div><div>Rather than leave the house only to trudge around in the snow, give these blogs a read today. Local blogs are kinda like farmers markets and public transportation - the more they're patronized, the better they get. And that's good for all of us.  </div><div><br /></div><div> </div>