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I've often wondered if I should perhaps start offering up blogging tips to all of you out there who would possibly like to start blogging for yourselves or already blog and would like to improve your work. But where to begin? Where, where, where to begin?

Happily, Allison Kilkenny and Jamie Kilstein have provided this extraordinarily helpful film on how to be an effective political blogger:

Standing On The Shoulders Of Giant Midgets is not merely a political blog, covering pop culture and miscellaneous matters of interest to the proprietor, yours truly, in addition to what we veteran bloggers call the "political beat," but I can vouch for the fact that the writing techniques used by Ms. Kilkenny are also applicable to a number of other topics outside of politics and political culture. If, for instance, I wanted to review Katy Perry's new album or do a piece on Lucasfilm's announcement that the Special "Han Shot First And Here Are More Ewoks" Edition versions of the first Star Wars trilogy are coming to Blu-Ray, I would probably utilize several of the techniques so aptly demonstrated by Kilkenny. Similarly, I've made use of Kilkenny's research and writing strategy in approaching topics as varied as creation science and Dr. Laura Schlessinger. These techniques work, people, and you can make them work for you.

Remember, you're a happy little penguin. Happy little penguin.

Happy. Little. Penguin.

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(H/t Digby!)