The Really? Blog you are looking at is my non-work blog. It's my "personal" blog. At the end of 2008 I started doing a nightly video. Earlier in the year I featured a different local blog and found 100 before I ended that project.

So here's what's ahead in 2009.

Each morning I'll feature another Fort Wayne Website or Blog. There will be a few from the original list of 100, but a bunch of new ones, including non-blog websites.

And I'll add a second post each day too. Sometimes it will be a video. Sometimes it will be a reposting from another blog or website.

And now to wrap up the New Years Holiday, I've got a best of list from one of the blogs I have featured here before:

The Art of Manliness

The Best of Art of Manliness 2008

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 02:13 PM CST

sullivan The Best of Art of Manliness 2008

It’s been an awesomely manly year here at The Art of Manliness. When we launched the site a year ago on January 4, 2008, we didn’t think the AoM community would get this big, this fast. In just a year, AoM has grown to almost 25K subscribers. The growth of the site has been driven by our fantastic readers. Thank you for being evangelists of manliness and thanks for the tips and feedback on stories. We also want to thank those who have taken the time to send us encouraging words via email. Kate and I are truly grateful for the support. Finally, we’d like to give a big thank you to all of our guest contributors who have provided quality articles for the site.

We’re also very excited about the Art of Manliness book which will be coming in Fall 2009. Kate and I have been working hard on it for many months and the manuscript is just about done.

Because it’s pretty much impossible to avoid the “Best of…..” lists this time of year, we figured there’s no sense in resisting the urge to create one of our own. For our new readers and as a review for our old readers, we present the Best of Art of Manliness 2008. We hope you’ve enjoyed AoM during 2008, and rest assured we’ll be working to make 2009 an even better and manlier year. Cheers!

January 2008

How To Shave Like Your Grandpa

Every Man Should Do This Exercise Routine Every Day

Lessons In Manliness From the Gladiator

Increase Your Manly Confidence Overnight

Stop Hanging Out With Women and Start Dating Them

February 2008

Talk Like Frank Sinatra

Make Yourself Stick With These First Impression Tips

How To Ask For (And Get) A Raise Like a Man

The 10 Worst Products For Men Ever Created

Write A Love Letter Like A Soldier

We also started a series looking at applying Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues. This was one of our most popular series. See the wrap up to read all the posts.

March 2008

The Mechanics of the Man Hug

Bringing Back the Hat

14 Ways To Affair Proof Your Marriage

Building The Perfect Dopp Kit

So You Want To Become a Man

April 2008

How To Break Down A Door

How To Snag a Souvenir Baseball

9 Ways To Start a Fire Without Matches

Every Man Should Carry a Pocket Knife

How to Leave the Perfect Voicemail