Friday Blog Spotlight II

Three weeks ago, I started a series called Friday Blog Spotlight. While the intention was to do this every couple of weeks, I did say I would try to do it twice a month. The time has come to shine the spotlight on another blog from BW's blogroll.

Drumroll: the Friday spotlight is on Anonymoses.

Anonymoses and I became acquainted nearly a couple of years ago, not too long after I discovered Chancelucky. Known as Mr. Wonderous to many of us, he was one of the founders of the blog, Idea Consultants. I am honored to be asked to be a contributor to that blog and still contribute as I wish, albeit it has been a long while since I have made a decent post there.

Mr. Wonderous and I have a few things sort of in common. First, he is a graduate of Harvard. I worked at Harvard for 8 years. Thus, we were residents of the Bay State for a time, and both enjoyed discussing the North Shore when we have chatted on JRE's site.

Another thing we have in common is that Dave lives in the South and I am originally from a state that is a cross between the South and West, and I can understand southern mores very well.

We also both appreciate Harry Taylor, who stood up to Bush in 2005 and became an beacon of hope for many of us. BW readers may recall Harry Taylor spoke out how our government is becoming less trustworthy and that we were more than mislead about Iraq. Now he is running for Congress in the 9th District.

Mr. Wonderous has a twisted sense of humor like me, except that he can write and type faster than I can when and while he uses that wit. I can speak it faster or chat with it, but he can write it better on his site using music, poetry, news articles, and art. I don't have the capacity to do that kind of blogging, so I don't give away my wit on my own blog; tend to do it more in debates on the DU or the Daily Kos.

Mr. Wonderous also keeps company with bloggers I admire very much: Iddybud, Bora, Ed Cone, The Blogsboro Network's Billy the Blogging Poet and in general, the Tarheel Taverners. But this is where the big difference is between me, Mr. Wonderous, and those Tarheel Taverners: they are all artists and very gifted in their own right. I am gratified to have my site be linked to some of their blogs and they mention me occasionally when I've commented on theirs with something new. Unlike many of them, I don't require anyone to click my site for revenue, whereas many of them could use and deserve the revenue for their talents.

What I like about Anonymoses Hyperlincoln III blog has very much to do what I like about him personally: the site is entrepreneurial, but highly artistic. Look at his profile picture. To me, it reminds me of a sketch that Alfred Hitchcock used to have on his weekly show. Classic. The man can do a photoshop like a pro, and at times, his abstracts, similar to Andy Warhol's work, are eye-candy for the modern art lover like me.

He often posts commentary from the bigger picture perspective, which is what I also admire in someone.

But lastly, I like his taste in music too. We (and that includes Iddybud as the two are very close friends) seem to enjoy the same artists, some of them lesser known folkies.

And yes, he is a John Edwards supporter. I hope to meet him in person at Edwards 2009 Bloggers' Ball and dance with him.

Check out Anonymoses' blog. He's a treat to read. The eclectic kind of fun.