Monday, Monday! To get you started this fine morning (hmmm...well, maybe not) we present the first installment of the Peacock's best of the web:

The Notorious Bettie (Web) Page is a new blog following one girl’s travels through the minefield that is modern dating. Out of practice and confused by it all, Bettie is looking for her perfect man, who ‘…looks like Colin Firth, is definitely NOT called Colin and shags like a porn star.’ Is she looking in the right places? Will she manage to stay upright in her silly shoes? Most importantly, what is the Matetrix …? Tune in to find out!

At the other end of the dating spectrum is Babymother, who has just given birth to her second baby. Her posts are always well written (only to be expected, really, coming from such a distinguished blogging family) and her latest offerings, covering the difficult birth of The Babeling, are no exception. Humorous, interesting, and so much more than just a baby blog, Babymother is definitely worth a read.

From the sublime to the ridiculous (so to speak): Mikeachim at Fevered Mutterings is King of the Absurd. His tagline promises that ‘At some point, it’ll all start to make sense…’ – but in fact that would be rather a shame. His posts are witty and off-the-wall; even the humble meme tag is turned into a work of art in his capable hands. There’s a school of thought that says that he should be writing full-time; but then we’d probably lose out on his wonderful blog posts – rock…hard place….anyone…?

A writer in a somewhat different vein, Cigarette-Sigh writes Tales From a Town Called Malice. Mainly character-based, his stories are full of rich imagery and heartbreaking situations; and although at first glance the tales all seem to be quite different, the common strand running throughout is love. Whether lost, gained, unwanted, desired or just desperately needed, there’s no escaping its presence.

Finally, from dating, babies, prose and fiction to unrequited love, secrets, lies and desperate truths, PostSecret has it all in spades. An ongoing community art project in which people send in homemade postcards depicting their deepest, darkest secrets, it is a must-read every Sunday. Once you’ve started reading, there’s no going back, and it will only be a matter of time before you send in your own card – go on, you know you want to…