My very first ‘grownup’ job was in Indianapolis, which happens to be JobDig’s newest market. Whoo-hoo. We are over-the-moon excited about bringing our unique employment media solutions to Indy employers, active and passive jobseekers and the rest of central Indiana.

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My first job was actually a 12-week training course at Ft Benjamin Harrison, an Army post there. I landed there with two strikes against me. Strike one: Air Force. For the Army guys, either on the way to VietNam or just back, us AF guys were wussies. Strike two: 21-year-old second lieutenants were as laughable as your ‘favorite son’ Dan Quayle being on Dancing With the Stars.

I did learn two important things at Fort Ben. Number one–if you can avoid it, never-ever live in a mobile home P-O-S trailer, especially one that was ‘for rent.’ Seriously. Number two–flag football played on Army posts in ‘Rec’ leagues ignored the ‘don’t hit’ rule, anything and everything was legal if you were going for the flag. I had played football, then rugby, and thought I was pretty tough. But I sure got my comuppance during those flag football games. Remember when Alex Karrass’ Mongo knocked out the mule in Blazing Saddles?–he played on my team, that guy. Tough. I did make some good friends (for protection mostly) like Gar Trusley, is he still in Indy? Who names their kid after a carp?

Further…and the main point:

There is no better way to understand a new community than to make friends with the blogging community. Indianapolis has a vibrant group and I have linked to many of them here, not all–please leave yours in the comments section if I missed you. Thanks to Ring Of Surf for their help in locating these awesome writers. I can’t wait to get to know them better. Click each title to read.

The Tiger’s Eye
One man’s view from the heart of the Midwest. Kind of like watching a ballgame thru a knothole in the left field fence.

The Movie Slut
Movie Slut: a person considered cinematically promiscuous. “I watch bad movies, so you don’t have to.”

Naptown Jams
Welcome to Naptown Jams, Jason Marcuon’s idea sanctuary for books, brands, technology, and so much more. I’m a National Account Manager at John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (I sell books.) Since 1995 I’ve worked in the book publishing industry in sales & marketing. Thanks to Wiley’s leading position in the computer book publishing world, I’ve immersed myself in some groundbreaking technologies. Every day I help sell and promote bestselling brands like For Dummies, Visual, Betty Crocker, MTV, Pillsbury, Webster’s New World, Cliffs Notes, and Extreme Tech. And, I’m fortunate to have partnered with some of the biggest retailers in the world. So that’s what I do. It’s not just because I have to though. Mom brought an Apple computer into our home in 1980, so technology has always been around. And some of my other interests – music, sports, gadgets, friends – have taken on new lives thanks to technology over the years. I like being an information sponge, absorbing what’s what as quickly and efficiently as I can. Naptown Jams is my own little information sanctuary.

Monticello
Monticello is the home of left leaning “liberaltarian” philosophy. The overriding principle of freedom is prevalent throughout and the blog has a focus in particular on Hoosier political culture of the blue persuasion.

Colts Fan Blog
A site for any and all Colts fans to submit the comments, thoughts, feelings, pictures, videos and comment about anything and everything related to the Colts.

Indianapolis Bloggers
Site where Indianapolis bloggers come together. Come learn more about the heart and soul of Indy.

My Old Kentucky Blog
My Old Kentucky Blog sees around 5000 unique visitors a day from all over the world. It specializes in music and culture and targets every music fan from the younger student market to the 25-40 professional market. MOKB provides mp3s from loads of up-and-coming as well as established artists. MOKB works with numerous artists, labels and promotional companies along with my own deep music appreciation and knowledge to bring the freshest content and new music to the masses.

Objects and Pixels
drawing, painting, and photography blog

IndyInsights
Bill Benner, associate director of communications for the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association, has lived in and around Indianapolis his entire life. And he knows his way around a keyboard. He was a journalist – a sportswriter and columnist for The Indianapolis Star – for more than 30 years, and continues to write a weekly column for The Indianapolis Business Journal. He’s grown up with the city, watched it change and evolve from the ordinary to the extraordinary. He has a sense for what Indy was, what it is and hopefully, what it will be. So Bill has tucked his trusty reporter’s notebook into his back pocket. He’ll write about what he sees, what he experiences, what he feels, what he thinks. He’ll provide glimpses into our people and places and the things that make Indianapolis unique and different, and occasionally express his thoughts on city issues.

What Andy Saw
Musings on life as a photographic artist

Shane’s Thoughts on Life, Film, and Everything
Shane M. White discusses his involvement in the Indianapolis Film Community, the mainstream and indie films that he checks out, and the events that he attends. Shane is also an avid Indiana Sports Fan, and often comments on his thoughts and feelings related to the Colts and the Pacers.

monkey music
ramblings of an indie music loving monkey

Dream for an Insomniac
This is the blog of a 24 year old who often acts 34, who loves movies and managed to find a job where she gets to watch them, who hates anything raspberry flavored, who writes more than she sleeps, and who’s glad you stopped by.

The Drama Queen Mother
Shoulda been a superstar, but I’ll settle for supermom. Yeah. I got married. Had a kid. Girlchild, she’s six. Had a breakdown. Got over it. Had another kid. The BoyChild, who is two. Loving life. But still find time for the drama.

On Influence and Automation
Blog of a digital marketing, database marketing, social media, and development expert here in Indianapolis, Indiana.

SIZE MATTERS: The Mini-Comics Blog
SIZE MATTERS is about mini-comics. Not the comics you grew up with, but intimate hand-crafted works or art. People send in mini-comics from all over; when he has time, Shawn reviews them. Some of these minis are amazing. Some not so much. But at least it’s not Spawn or Batman.

Gottahavacuppamoch

The Musings of Brian Groce
Random musings from a guy with too many ideas running through his head and too many projects on his plate. Brian also is the President & CEO of Watershed Studio, LLC and a co-host of the Trolley Dodgers Podcast.

I Choose Indy!
This is a blog that is open to anyone who would like to spread the word on why they choose central Indiana for their home or company. Please join and post your story on why you choose Indy!

Torpor Indy
This is a blog to chronicle life as a dissident in the “heartland,” the northern tip of the bible belt, the capital city of the Mississippi of the North. Life in a red state leaves one blue

Jacob Leffler’s Short Attention Span Theatre
The Short Attention Span Theatre(SAST) is the blog of Jacob Leffler. The focus for the SAST, and of Jacob, is the digital media industry and how it is currently being leveraged to help businesses and people better understand and be better understood. Every now and again it diverts away from that and just engages in outright Tom Foolery, but usually talks about digital media.

Ask IndyTed
Having lived in Indiana for over 55 years, I know the Crossroads of America pretty well. I want to share what I have learned about Indy and the surrounding counties with my fellow Hoosiers!

The Bass Geek
Words on music, circuitry and Fountain Square

The Russ Says…
I talk about me, my life, what’s going on here in town, and all the geeky guilty pleasures I’m into.

Superwick: mostly human
Since 2003, I’ve been blogging about lots of different stuff. Most of it does have a technology flavor to it, but no subject is really off-limits. Music, gadgets, Indy life, design, politics, and opinion – It’s all me.

StrawGirl Blog

I’m a 29 year old wife and mother of 2 boys who is trying to get her body back and even better than it was before. This is my struggle to get there… my life…in a blog!

Good Brownie
I talk about a mixture of things: pop culture, religion, politics, life inside/outside Indiana.

WineCanine
Wine reviews, recipes and miscellaneous musings from a pretty articulate Weimaraner.

WebMarketingRecruiter.com | Specializing in Sourcing and Recruiting Internet Marketing Professionals
WebMarketingRecruiter is a blog dedicated to facilitating the introduction of talented internet marketing professionals to employers eager to hire such talent!

Dire Mirth
A lot of fortuitous, seemingly disjunctive stories, reviews, and thoughts that make up the life of one mid-20’s Indianapolis woman. By day, and often by night, Emilee is a law student in downtown Indianapolis. The rest of the time she is a runner, traveler, chef, sci-fi geek, bookworm, venture web-developer, gamer, and on and on. If you enjoy random, geeky, and often silly forays into life – then you will probably, maybe, in all likelihood enjoy Dire Mirth.

The Gimcrack Miscellany
“An authority on a bunch of unrelated articles that ultimately have no long lasting meaning or effect,” or you can shorten that to “the blog of miscellaneous gewgaw and bric-a-brac”, or, even more abbreviated, and in it’s purest form, “The Gimcrack Miscellany.” Ah, there you are, Peter.

Four Square No. 266
A normal blog from a normal house on a normal street in a normal neighborhood in a normal city covering my normal life and all of its abnormalities. Started in January 2006, Four Square No. 266 is a personal journal, of sorts. I write about things I want to rant about, things I want to share, things that I enjoy, and things that I never, ever want to forget. My profession is architect. I work in downtown Indianapolis. I live with the lovely wife, El Presidente (my son), and two dogs, Lucy and Ethel. We reside in the historic Irvington neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our house is four square in style. It is numbered “266.”

Chomper Stomping
Christopher McCulloh’s techie/geek programming journal

Indy’s Painfully Objective Political Analysis (iPopa)
A Democrat hellbent on saving his party tells it like it is – an objective review and commentary of the day’s political news in Indianapolis

Circle and Squares
A blog dedicated to discussion about architecture, landscape architecture, public art, urban planning, historic preservation, design…really, the built environment, in general. The intent is to provide news and ideas…and constructive criticism, when required.

Juggling Plates
Perspectives of a feminist mom after leaving a career in IT to stay at home with her kids.

Everything Nagel
Observations, thoughts, and rants from a couple living in Fishers, Indiana. Food, movies, pop culture, etc.

alphabet by design
my thoughts on some words and some words on my thoughts