A couple I read, the first suggested a while back by DBD, the second was a link from the first site.

Theres some great reading out there, so what are your favourite ones? (BE blogs aside of course aside from aforementioned poster, whose is, I have to say, brilliant!!!!)

Fugly Horse of the Day - blog about silly, stupid and downright irresponsible training, breeding and behaviour in the equine world.

http://fuglyhorseoftheday.blogspot.com/


Psychotic Letters From Men - just funny as hell to read and written by a guy, containing letters from guys who have been dumped for being creepy, to their former g/f.

http://psychoticlettersfrommen.blogspot.com/

Glad you like fugly, thank you for your kind comment.

I enjoy:

http://blithetraveler.typepad.com/the_blithe_traveler/

It sends my dear friend cruikshank into apoplexy but, to me, the naivity and lack of empathy for the locals exhibited by the author is part of the charm. I like the 'not in Kansas anymore' feel of it.

I like the hidden cistern design.

a friend of a friend writes www.alrighttit.com - she was diagnosed with breast cancer aged 29 and this is the story of how she deals with what life has dealt her. It's poignant and caustically amusing in equal measure. She was dead chuffed that the sainted Stephen Fry tweeted a recommendation a while back - and rightly so, imho.

What is the point of a blog and why do people do them? Genuine question. Is it mainly for family and friends to keep in touch? Can anyone in the world read a blog or do they have to get hold of the link first?

It's just a medium for publishing text and pictures, you may as well ask this question of books.

Depends. Lots of them are just self-aggrandising newsletters. Some, like fugly or deafenedinOntario, seek to raise awaremness of a specific issue.

Anyone. Lots of people, more than one per week, blunder into ours after googling "world's gayest dog".

Thanks for the reply Dbd. It has satisfied my curiosity

I do one at work as a Brit living in Atlantic Canada. So far I have done 24 episodes of 'Notes From A Small Island' - thank you Bill Bryson for the title.

People in the company seem to enjoy the Brit perspective on their Province and my experiences with it. It is on our internal facing portal.

Here's one for fans (or not!) of The Apprentice (UK) and Sralan.

"Cassetteboy are a double act who edit footage they’ve nicked off the telly to make celebrities swear."

http://cassetteboy.wordpress.com/200...dy-apprentice/

Erm, not exactly for watching in front of the kids or at work but very clever and hilarious.

I'm a fan of Arseblog (an Arsenal supporter's blog) and Christopher Elliott, a travel reporter.

www.cakewrecks.com

http://sarahditum.com/

yup i've read this one too - very funny, some of the Easter ones were cryingly hilarious

My favourites are photo blogs.

http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/

and

http://www.sexypeople-blog.com/ (this is not rude it )

the sexy people one has just had me in stiches at work