Life in a Venti Cup and Life in a Sippy Cup are sister blogs for, as you might have guessed, the stylish adult and kid set. Blogger Franki Durban finds bits of style and inspiration around the web and posts them here. "I feel it is my duty to free the rest of you from tacky baby apparel, crappy baby shower gifts and trite design ideas," she writes. Recent kid-related posts covered cute food on a stick, handmade baby blankets, and scooters with storage, while adults might like office space inspirations and visual-based e-mail applications. Durban is generous about promoting the work of other bloggers and sells her own prints in her store.

Need a little pickup? It's hard not to get bogged down by endless depressing headlines, but even this blog's title gives a small lift. Things Are Good aims "to make positive news easy to find," and while the site's not oblivious to the bad stuff, think of it as a little internet corner of good news. Many posts revolve around the earth and sustainability (pennies can clean the air, wind power shelters sea life), and there's news about art, body and mind (naps help learning!) , and more. Or click "Random Good" for a random pick-me-up.

Since we're major animal lovers, we love Dolittler, "a veterinary blog for pet lovers, pet voyeurs, and the medically curious," written by real-live vet Dr. Patty Khuly. Some posts answer curious pet owners' questions ("Why do dogs eat grass?" "How cold is too cold for animals?"), while "Vet P.O.V." posts cover topics in the news like debarking and microchips, and "Vetcetera" posts look at random topics like pet poop and best pet presents. The regularly posted entries are fun tidbits to get in your Google Reader and might inspire you to look at your pet (or your vet) with new eyes.

Know Your Meme is a database and web series documenting internet culture: "viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more." If you keep hearing about something and aren't quite sure what it is, head here: Recent episodes covered Balloon Boy, "Nom Nom Nom," and Where the Hell Is Matt, and users can submit their own memes. Don't miss the top 2009 memes.

Describing itself as a "minimalist home cooking" site, stonesoup is "about reducing the number of ingredients, the amount of equipment, the number of steps involved and the time we spend in the kitchen to a minimum so we can focus what's important." stonesoup is written and photographed by an Australian food scientist and writer named Jules Clancy (her day job, until recently: "chocolate biscuit designer for Australia's largest biscuit company"). Newcomers to the site should begin with the aptly titled Start Here, where there's a recipe index and list of most popular posts, which run the gamut from "secret single behavior--how to get excited about cooking for one" to "an ode to bacon--the secret hangover cure." Plus, if it's dinner time and you're strapped for ingredients, make sure to check out "when the cupboard is bare--how to make dinner out of (almost) nothing."

Written by a former Oprah.com staffer, The Budget Babe is a fashion and beauty site that covers clothes and products you can actually afford. Dress by Numbers posts break celebrity styles down into affordable components, while an ongoing feature allows readers to write in for fashion advice (recently: how to find multi-buckle belts on a budget). And Designer Looks for Less posts spot trends and find the best inexpensive knockoffs. The site also features occasional giveaways and posts detailed info on deals and sales.

A great children's books and reading blog, The Diamond in the Window is written by a mom with help and suggestions from her daughters. In the ongoing "We Recommend" feature, readers can write in to ask about reading recommendations for their kids ("I'm writing about my 8 1/2 year old son, who is an excellent reader but has been slow to make the leap to chapter books...") The site covers all kinds of kids' books, from baby to teen, and is especially good about parent-child experiences like reading together.

The Job Bored is a careers blog devoted to tips and tricks to help you get ahead, both on a day-to-day basis and in your career in general. There are tons of great ideas here about getting organized in your career--the blog suggests creating your own personal personnel file and organizing your job search using the rule of thirds. Readers can write in and ask for career advice, too; recent questions included how long to wait for approval on a vacation request and what to do when your boss has "horrible time-management skills." And don't miss "40 things I wish I knew when I started my career" and "how to find a job using Facebook." By the way, it's also a great blog to read while you're at work.

Travel around the world without leaving your computer--and hit the spots most armchair travelers will miss. Atlas Obscura's goal is to catalog "all of the singular, eccentric, bizarre, fantastical, and strange out-of-the-way places that get left out of traditional travel guidebooks and are ignored by the average tourist. If you're looking for miniature cities, glass flowers, books bound in human skin, gigantic flaming holes in the ground, phallological museums, bone churches, balancing pagodas, or homes built entirely out of paper, the Atlas Obscura is where you'll find them...

In an age where everything seems to have been explored and there is nothing new to be found, the Atlas Obscura celebrates a different way of traveling, and a different lens through which to view the world." Search by location or by "category of wonders and curiosities"--categories include Medical Museums and Small Worlds and Model Towns. Or just click on "Take me to a random place" and you might land on America's Stonehenge, in New Hampshire, or Rome's Antique Doll Hospital. Atlas Obscura welcomes and depends on reader submissions, so if you've been someplace wacky and wonderful, you can add it for others to discover.