9:54 AM
I know I've proselytized for the Bleat before, but:

James Lileks' Bleat is one of my daily stops not only because I enjoy reading the writing of someone who has solid opinions on world events (even if I don't always 100% agree with him), but also because he comes up with interesting word usements like "Clifford the Big Red Dog is Put Down and the Smoke from the Crematorium Blackens the Skies for Three Days" in the midst of a witty and intelligent discussion of (and here I agree with him completely) how fantastic today's childrens' books happen to be.