"Best of the Blogs" Nikki Calhoun

1. http://lmcwriting.blogspot.com/2009/09/helium-derk.html, http://lmcwriting.blogspot.com/2009/09/caldwell-helium-autmn-raking-leaves.html, http://lmcwriting.blogspot.com/2009/09/helium-93-young-koun-jeon.html, http://lmcwriting.blogspot.com/2009/09/stumble-master-jacob-darling.html, http://lmcwriting.blogspot.com/2009/09/stumble-4-ryan-sparks.html, http://lmcwriting.blogspot.com/2009/09/eric-jackson-stumble-master.html
2. The topics I have thought about from the blog writing I have read were dogs, architecture, animals in general, interesting videos, and different types of phrases.
3. Stumble is helpful as a prewriting tool because you get to look at articles under a topic that interests you. It also helps you show others what interests you. There were a lot of stumble blogs that were interesting to me but the top three blogs were by Jacob Darling, Ryan Sparks and Eric Jackson. The stumble by Jacob Darling was about puppies. I liked this one because I am interested in learning as much as I can about dogs. The stumble by Ryan Sparks was about Einstein le perroquet, a car, and birthday facts. The perroquet was amusing and I did not think a perroquet could learn that much. The car is unnatural and it looks like it is turned sideways. I would like to know the same thing that Ryan Sparks would like to know about this car, how does it work? The birthday facts was interesting because I did not know I could find out that much about my birthday. The stumble by Eric Jackson was about an interesting phrase, a blooper video and a museum of architecture. The phrase was interesting and true. The video was funny and very distracting to someone who is trying to write and watch at the same time. The museum was really cool. I liked all the windows and the construction of the building. It is interesting because it is not something you would see in everyday society.
4. I read a lot of helium blogs but there were only three that stuck out as saying something about writing elements. The three blogs were by Derk Bouwman, Kayla Caldwell, and Young koun Jeon. Derk Bouwman's blog shows that it would be useful to create a mnemonic to remember things. I agree with this. In the article, it shows how helpful it is. Kayla Caldwell's blog shows that a good way to write an essay is to write it as a play. That is also helpful and it proves helpful in the article also. According to Young koun Jeon, having good grammar and vocabulary are important when writing and understanding an essay. This is also true because if the reader cannot understand the essay then they will not pay any attention to it.
5. I think it helps others to know what you interested in. I think it also helps others to see if you have anything in common with them. I would rather blog like we have been doing rather than writing an essay everyday in class or for homework every night about things that do not interest anyone.