Miscellany from the Blogosphere 6

In “My Alaskan Adventures With a Dash of Politics,” Tamera Daun of Pentad recalls some summers in the 1980s when she went to Alaska to work in its then good-paying fishing industry.

On Of Cabbages and Kings, humor blogger Jenn Thorson has some suggestions for those who, against their own better judgement, visit internet forums gone bad: “Rubbernecking the Ridiculous: Tips to Reduce Forum Thread Outrage.”

Dr. Jay SW of Yoga for Cynics writes about how bad things sometimes even happen to yoga teachers. The piece is called “Dukka“”.

Rich Becker writes about an epidemic of bad prose in business and politics, and he describes how he is fighting back in “Editing: One Class at a Time.”

On ManiaRavings, Jaffer tells us a little about the last ten nights of Ramadan, which he celebrates in Hamilton, Ontario. He also offers his Food log: The first 24 hours after Ramadan. Don’t look if you’re hungry, because the post has pictures.

Finally, join Wilbau-Transitenator on his somewhat rainy drive from Bad Goisern, Austria, to Vienna. It’s all about the pictures, which make me long for a wet, gray autumn day in Central Europe.