Humboldtian

...is a wordpress blog that lightly satirizes the tastes of white America. Just going through about a quarter of the list, I found a lot of items that fit North Coast culture.

The blog is a huge success, logging more than 4 million hits (now topping 5 million) in its first month of existence, according to NPR, which is where I learned about the site created by Christian Lander, an apparently white resident of the Los Angeles area.

What surprises me is the amount of anger the blog seems to have generated at Lander.

Reading the blog further, I'm beginning to believe that Lander, who says he is a Canadian, must have spent some time in Humboldt County. Among the 77 entries so far are these topics that definitely define North Coast culture: whole foods stores and grocery co-ops, arts degrees, recycling, bicycles, knowing what's best for poor people (the entry features a pic of two Green Party members), the Toyota Prius, natural medicine, Japan (Kamisu is a Eureka sister city), lawyers, dogs, living by the water, vintage, public radio (with a pic of Amy Goodman), architecture, marijuana, vegan/vegetarianism, not having a TV, microbreweries, awareness, yoga, non-profit organizations, making you feel bad about not going outside, Barack Obama, organic food, farmers markets, and coffee.

Coming soon, Lander said in an NPR interview two days ago: blogging, under the heading of "self-importance."