This is the first installment in a weekly post called “Blog O’ the Week” - or BOTW for the acronym inclined - which is about finding the coolest blogs out there and having the luck (and/or audacity) to ask the writers a few questions and pray they write back. We start with easily one of my favorite blogs and Christian is just outright the nicest guy going. We are also helping him plug his new book! -Editor

What is so damn funny about StuffWhitePeopleLike.com, is the fact that I - the white person - live with/work with/love an Asian man, who makes it a daily ritual to laugh at the traits of the white person, i.e. me. And my brethren. Even if I am not a complete practitioner of all the StuffWhitePeopleLike.com. It does not matter. Guilt by association I assume.

And I live on Cape Cod. You can’t get much whiter than Cape Cod.

The humor is innocuous. It’s benign, not insulting, not vicious. And the ability to laugh at each other without using semiautomatic weapons or broken Heineken bottles is a wonderful thing to have these days.

Some of my favorite laughs on the Full List: film festivals, Indie music, hating corporations, multi-lingual children, Barack Obama and Knowing What’s Best for Poor People.  Not my “stuff” in particular - which is why it is even funnier to laugh at the other white people. Okay, so I AM totally guilty of the “Apple Products, sushi, kitchen gadgets, Japan and natural medicine” entries on the list. And dating an Asian. But there is  so much more to the list and it is growing every week…a MUST read if you have never been to the site.

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Here is my short but very cool interview with Christian:

Who are you, what is your blog and the URL?

I’m Christian Lander, I write Stuff White People Like, it’s at http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com

Where did the idea for the blog come about?

My friend Myles and I were having a discussion about the TV show The Wire and he said he didn’t trust any white person who didn’t watch the show.  So we starting talking about what they do instead of watching the show and came up with answers like “going to yoga, therapy, getting divorced,” and I thought it was funny and started writing.

What has been the coolest/funniest/most rewarding (or worst) thing that has happened since you started the blog?

The book.  By far!  It’s been a lifelong dream to be a published author and to have it happen when I wasn’t really trying is incredible.

Why do you think your blog became so famous?

Still blows my mind to this day.  I think because it resonated with people who were looking for an update to the Yuppie definition, and, if I do say so myself, it’s pretty funny.

Where do you think you will take it in the next year? 5 Years?

I really just hope it leads to a chance to be a comedy writer in television.  I don’t think this blog can keep going forever.

What do you do when you aren’t blogging?

Eating at LA’s amazing restaurants, riding my bike, playing Xbox 360.

Ever been to Cape Cod?

Sadly no, but my wife is obsessed with lobster rolls and desperately wants to go.

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Thanks, Christian! I am sure we will be watching your name soon on Conan or SNL!

And have we got a lobster roll from you, courtesy of the Raw Bar in Mashpee, Cape Cod, Mass.  Enjoy! Maybe we will see you here soon?

What “stuff” on the list is your favorite and/or how many resonate with you? Tell us your thoughts and comment below.