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Assorted Sites by Mefites
50 Watts - ajourneyroundmyskull
A Whole Lotta Nothing - mathowie
A Year in Comics - interrobang
adland - dabitch
Alive in Kyoto - planetkyoto
A/V Geeks - avgeeks
BibliOdyssey - peacay
Bird on the Moon - moonbird
blort.meepzorp - quonsar
bluedaniel - bluedaniel
boutotcom.com - bru
Brundlefly - Brundlefly
Christina Bergey - bergeycm
Collect Postmarks - quarantine
Collecting Superman - MegoSteve
David Bull - woodblock100
Fancy Notions - queensissy
Flat of Angles - sgt.serentiy
Gabriels's Home - gman
Giornale Nuovo - misteraitch
greg.org - greg.org
grow-a-brain - growabrain
Gumbo Pages - Chuq
gwenz wildlife blog - ginz
Hidden Los Angeles - miss lynnster
hirmes - gwint
hanuman - tellurian
jackassletters.com - cjorgensen
Jim Gilliam - jgilliam
John Leavitt - The Whelk
Jon Mattox - jmattox
joshmillard and his projects - cortex
JulianSmith.com - gottabefunky
Kokogiak - kokogiak
languagehat - languagehat
librarian.net and abada abada - jessamyn
Little Czech Primer - owen
Lost Art - ig
Melissa Price Mitchell - Melissa
musæum.org - carter
Neanderthals - A Hiking Blog - netbros
nickyskye meanderings - nickyskye
No One Likes Everything - klangklangston
Northwest Coast Archaeology - Rumple
Pet Project - lobakgo
Pine Tree Curtain - LeLiLo
Points of Departure - dhruva
plep - plep
Polarity Records - Sam Bennett - flapjax at midnite
Reeding Lessons - steef
Soapy Hollow - dejah420
Speedy Snail and Walking West - rory
tazilla - strange beast - taz
Ted's Relative Difficulty - carsonb
The Adventures of Accordion Guy - AccordionGuy
The Harvey Girls - melissa may and sleepy pete
The Knitting Needle and the Damage Done - orange swan
The Plaid Works - Brandon Blatcher
The Vespiary - ikahime
The Wily Semicolon - scody
tumblrownpau - brownpau
Tyler Massey - chuckdarwin
Union HZ - nathancaswell
Whuffling - sonika
Wordshore - Wordshore
Your Daily Cartoon - louche mustachio