What do you read regularly online?

I ask because I want to shake up my routine surfing/RSS reading a bit.

Also, I want to read you. I know many of you blog regularly, but I don't know if I know all of your sites. So tell me what you write and what you like to read. I am always up for adding more must-reads to my feeds.

My current blogs-on-RSS list after the jump ...

I like the pictures, they tell me stories

• Natalie Dee -- which doesn't have an RSS feed, so I have to surf on over the old-fashioned way. Big ups to my friend Erin for introducing me to this one!
• XKCD --Smarter funnier line drawings
• Girls with Slingshots -- The girl-girl friendships in it rule
• Cat and Girl -- So sharp you might cut yourself
• PVP Online-- I am dorkily excited to read about Brent & Jade's upcoming wedding
• Basic Instructions -- I gave up caffeine and discovered this strip shortly thereafter
• Wondermark -- Nineteenth-century illustrations meet twenty-first century irony
• Real Life Comics -- Happy nerdly marriages are all alike, it appears
• Blog @ Newsarama -- It is like a firehose of comics-related information
• The Dollar Bin -- How much do I love this podcast? When I saw that the latest one was about Preacher, I squealed aloud.
• MightyGodKing -- I originally came for the Civil War parody and stayed for everything else

Lo, the Tentacles of the Gawker Monster Hath Entangled Me

• Consumerist -- Truly smart commerce
• Lifehacker -- Optimize yo' life
• Jezebel -- This nearly fills the hole where "getting loaded and doing Cosmo quizzes with Kat" used to be

These people are all better at life than I am

• NotMartha -- Seriously, I have no idea how she does it
• 43 Folders -- Merlin Mann and his merry band of productiviteers have optimized their time
• Danny Seo -- He's green! He's stylish!
• Cool Tools -- Kevin Kelly and his contributors will tell you what works best for everything from cooking to building spaceships.
• Rex Hammock's Rexblog -- Whenever this guy writes about publishing, I pay attention.
• Marginal Revolution -- Smart, smart econ talk and more from Tyler Cowen
• Making Light -- Teresa and Patrick Nielsen Hayden's blog is best described as esoteric. Bring your A-game to the comments.
• LJCFYI -- She's now in the ranks of the nation's blogger elite!
• Jason Kottke -- Defining the liberal arts in the Internet age
• The Hill Library Blog -- How to find anything in a library

Dirty, filthy, delightful commerce

• Checkout Blog -- You get to see what Wal-Mart shoppers will be buying before they do
• Starbucks Gossip -- Strictly speaking, there's some news too
• Want Not -- Like to shop? Only not while paying full price? So does Mir! Big ups to Lauren for passing this one on
• Oh My That's Awesome -- Every shopping pick is like another abbreviated autobiography
• Not Always Right -- The service sector has its own sordid stories
• Knifecatchers -- This is one of the most specific weblogs I've ever seen: it covers real estate listings in Alameda, where I live. Ergo, I read it to see what's going on in the market

Lifestyles of the people who have lifestyles

• Apartment Therapies -- I read nearly the whole empire because I like the editorial sensibilities in Chicago, the outdoor spaces in Los Angeles, the hometown familiarity in San Francisco and the crazy commenters in New York. And of course, the green focus in Re-Nest.
• Ethicurean -- This is one of the few food-related blogs I can read without feeling inferior in re: my own stunted palate and kitchen skills. That's because this is mostly about food and social issues.
• Je Mange La Ville -- This is where I go for my food porn needs.
• Style Bytes -- I will never be a willowy Scandanavian clotheshorse but I can admire her from afar
• Bluelines -- Hey, it's the still-kicking blog from the now-dead Blueprint!
• Readymade -- The RSS feed for the magazine

Digests that go down easy

• NotCot -- All sorts of lovely and new visual items
• Buzzfeed -- What is the Web talking about today?
• All Things Digital Daily Feed -- This is where John  Paczkowski went after he left the Merc
• The Underwire -- One of Wired's technoculture-y blogs
• Talking Business News -- I keep on top of this for professional reasons

That's it, I think. I may have a few others that appear as email dispatches and when they do, I'll add them on. For now, it's your turn.

Comments

[Lauren]

Here are two you might like. Have you seen Garfield Minus Garfield? http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/

David Lebovitz is a funny foodie living in Paris. http://www.davidlebovitz.com/

[Lisa S.]

I love Garfield minus Garfield! Between that and Lasagnacat (http://www.lasagnacat.com/), that orange cat is enjoying some ironic homage.

And thanks for David Lebovitz! I just looked through and he's now on my RSS reader. You tastemaker, you.

[Erin]

Ditto on the following:
Natalie Dee
The Consumerist
Jezebel

I also dig:

Confessions Of A College Callgirl: collegecallgirl.blogspot.com – She frequently discusses the plus side (?) of the profession, but it’s when she talks about the downside, the site feels real

Exurban Nation: exurbannation.blogspot.com – A So Cal look at the housing bubble crisis

Four Four: Fourfour.typepad.com – An interesting pop culture wrap up, with a frequent features on Winston the cat

Gallery of the Absurd: gallery of theabsurd.typepad.com – Funny pop culture snarkyness with awesome illustrations, all courtesy of the talented 14

Jonathan Coulton: jonathoncoulton.com – Love him, love his music

Mortified: Angst Written: getmortified.com – Awkard stories from pre-teen and teen years (not an RSS feed)

Daily Monster: 34design.typepad.com – Features daily (sometimes weekly) drawings of amazing monsters and the community members write back stories for each. Love IT!

Swim At Your Own Risk: swimatourownrisk.com – Awesome collection of article, links and stories all about the “scaries” and “creepies” that lurk just below the surface

The Sneeze: thesneeze.com – The tagline says it all “Half zine. Half Blog. Half not good with fractions.” Plus he has very charming stories about his kids

ZeFrank.com: zefrank.com – Great links and interesting commentary

How Stuff Works: howstuffworks.com

Zen Habits: zenhabits.net – Achieving goals and simple productivity through daily habits

Boing Boing: boingboing.net

Hot Chicks with Douchebags: hotchickswithdouchebags.com – I think the name speaks for itself

[Lisa S.]

Erin, I always forget about Swim at Your Own Risk. But no more! (Also, I love the ASCII art in the title bar.)

Also, I am charmed by The Sneeze.

[Alice]

I'm with you on Jezebel and Oh My That's Awesome

My daily list is pretty much this:

Londonist, for all my London news (www.londonist.com) - I also contribute to Londonist (although not as much lately, because I've been a slacker)

The Huston Chronicle comics page (www.chron.com/apps/comics/byocp.mpl) - Because you can customise which ones you want to see

The Comics Curmudgeon (joshreads.com/) - I got hooked on this through Pop Culture Junkmail and think it's so funny

Dooce (www.dooce.com), because I find people who can be fully honest about their lives online incredibly fascinating. And she's funny.

The Superficial (www.thesuperficial.com/), for my gossip. It's hugely offensive most of the time, but makes me laugh more often than not, so I enjoy it.

Post Secret (postsecret.blogspot.com/ - weekly, not daily) - I'm not sure if I believe these are all real, but they're always interesting

Go Fug Yourself (gofugyourself.typepad.com/), although they kind of lost me with their March Madness thing.

Mimi Smartypants (smartypants.diaryland.com/), because she's awfully clever.

I'm not great at keeping track of websites I really like - I often find I forget about a site and then someone I read will link to it and I remember it again.

I also have two blogs of my own (aliceworld.blogspot.com and steveguttenbergproject.blogspot.com), but they've been pretty neglected lately. I need to get back to posting regularly on them.

[Alice]

Oh, I also don't use RSS, although I really should. I don't know why I don't. I am sometimes a late adapter to technology (and other stuff). I realised I should start checking in for flights online when my MOTHER, who still can't program a VCR, was telling me I need to get with the times.

[Shotrock]

I read the Atlantic blogs (Sullivan, Ambinder, etc.) for my daily political fix. I read you as my "general interest" blog (and also because I trust your opinion: c.f. The Wire, and Oh My That's Awesome, which is now part of my Shopping bookmark category).

I also enjoy the snarky-yet-informative **posts** on Jezebel but...Christ almighty, the commenters. I find it hilarious that we don't have to actually audition for this blog to add a comment along the lines of "index funds are the way to go, and here's how to recycle your kitchen towels" but apparently there's very important gatekeeping involved in saying things like "OMG! can haz puppies? kthanxbai" ad infinitum.

[Adam]

Okay, so I almost squealed myself when I read your mention of us and our Preacher show we did. Please let us know what you thought. A little over the top? Also, when I figured there was a chance you were of the female variety and enjoying us I may have actually teared up a little. Maybe.

[Jecca]

Thanks so much for the Natalie Dee rec. Ha!

[KateM]

Ooh, where to begin! Not all of these are up for RSS (I think). You already mentioned xkcd.com, so I'll skip that and a few other repeats. Otherwise, here are the websites I frequent lately:
www.sluggy.com (hilarious internet comic that's been around since 1997. They're currently doing satirizing the 4th Harry Potter novel/book so you might want to read through some of the archives)
www.fountainpennetwork.com (message board for fountain pen enthusiasts-- because I'm a big dork)
www.waiterrant.net (blog of an anonymous NYC waiter)
www.savetheassistants.com (assistants gripe and such)
www.gofugyourself.com (picks apart dubious fashion choices of the rich and famous)
www.tomatonation.com
www.televisionwithoutpity.com
The more common Mac news sites
www.weather.com

[Siobhan]

Aw man, i wrote this long post with all these great sites and I think it ate it as spam.

But you should definitely check out romenesko.com if you're not reading it already.

[Jecca]

My uberlong list of everything in my Google Reader also disappeared when I tried to post it yesterday. Typepad told me it was being sent to you to approve as not spam, but I hae my doubts.

Ah well!