Do you have a coupon for this?

Things have been a little slow on the blogging front lately, not because I haven't been thinking about blogging, but because I've been thinking about blogging a lot, and I've been reading blogs, a lot.

Blogs, blogs and more blogs.  I decided to participate in a blog event where a group of bloggers would take a week and read and comment on each other's blogs. I have a list of 130-some blogs that I started reading last Thursday.  I have 20 more to go.

There are blogs out there about everything you could possibly think of.  I've read about:

• investing
• couponing
• being a mommy
• hatching chick eggs
• being a mommy
• couponing
• field-dressing and butchering roadkill deer
• health and diet
• being single
• couponing
• being married
• being a mommy
• Wyoming's legislature's emergency preparedness bill to become self sufficient in case of a disaster (including printing their own currency)  
• and did I mention couponing and being a mommy?

The two Italian blogs were a lot of fun because of Google Translator.  I suspect the writer had a different intent.

I have several take-aways from this eye-opening event organized by Blogelina.

• There are dozens - well probably hundreds or millions - of dedicated and talented writers in the world who are very passionate about their subject.  
• I don't enjoy blogs with tons of ads, especially if they flash.
• Mommies feel a strong need to share their experiences and reach out to other mommies.
• People are serious about saving money (couponing).
• Many brave souls are not afraid to share their deepest needs and fears.

On that note, before I get back to blog reading, let me share a word I just learned, gazingus.   See what you can learn from reading blogs?

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