Technorati Search

For the first blog I chose a blog related to steroids in sports, and this one is exclusively about steroids in baseball: http://thesteroidera.blogspot.com/ . The blog is basically all news relating to steroids in Major League Baseball, and includes timelines, news, stats and more.  The blog was created by George Godfrey, and it has been active since 2006. The author seems to create posts whenever there is news in Major League Baseball relating to steroids. So in 2006, there were many posts because that is when steroids in baseball were most popular, and posts have declined a little bit since then.  The blog is very complex, and includes many hyperlinks, pictures and even has its own search engine. The blog also uses plenty of media coming from other sources, but most is created by George Godfrey himself.
For a specific blog, I chose to do my research on my persuasive speech topic of medical marijuana. I found a blog post that is about legalizing Prop 19 in California, which would legalize medical marijuana for those in medical need. Here is the link to the blog: http://my.firedoglake.com/valtin/2010/11/01/two-easy-reasons-to-vote-yes-on-19/ . The author of the blog is Jeff Kaye, and it has been active since November 1, 2010.  This particular author, Jeff Kaye, seems to be pretty active in the blogging world and posts a new blog two or three times a week.  He uses a couple of links in the blog, one is a picture that I have attached and the other is a link to a study done on race and marijuana possession. The writing style is quite different than a research paper format.  It is very opinionated and displays only things that support his arguments.