Blog Safari: January 1, 2008
In the spirit of link love and inspired primarily by Derek Semmler’s excellent “Speedlinking” series I followed throughout 2007, I’m getting back into doing what I call “Blog Safaris.” This being the first of 2008 makes it especially cool for me. So, won’t you hop in the Jeep and let’s go on a safari of some memorable blog posts I read last week!Lorelle van Fossen did the blogosphere a great service in promoting Gravatars. These are avatars that show up whenever you leave your email in a comment on the web. I have these installed on my blog so why not go get your free gravatar and start seeing it show up wherever your safari takes you?
Nick Mercer reflects on the past year. This guy is great and he’s a good friend to this blog. He has a lot to say and it always makes me think.
Sarah Riley wrote a fun yet sort of deep meme that I intend to do New Year’s Day. Head over and try it yourself, it’d be neat to read your answers. Also, check out her amazing new theme artistry.
Malcolm has a great article about the indefatigueable late guitarist Bo Diddley. Malcolm has a great Pop Culture blog.
Keiron writes about getting motivation back at Christmas and reviews, briefly, an amazing book.
Amy Palko Takes amazing pictures! She’s an excellent and thoughtful writer too. Go check out her blog.
As for Me, I had my third article published at Blogritics in December. It’s an opinion piece on the ongoing tv writers’ strike. I also started a home for my weekly “greatest post” blog called “Cheese Enchiladas.” The current post is on New Year psychology. 2008 feels promising! I appreciate your continued readership.
I know I couldn’t possibly have listed all the great reads last week. Sorry if I missed yours. I also want to recommend every blog on my blogroll as great reads if you’ve run out of places to go (uhhhh yeah right that could ever happen lol).
Oh, and a real special mention of Life is Rantastic is in order. Jessica the Rock Chick is hands down the biggest commenter on this site and I sure appreciate it! Check out her blog, it’s a crack-up and sometimes quite thought-provoking on a non-comedic level as well.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this Safari! More is to come this year. Fasten your seat belt and Jeep over the potholes until our next adventure ;) Happy New Year, make it the best year of your life.
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Thanks for the link, Damien! I love this blog safari idea. Might work on a variation for my own blog. It’s good to spread the link love around, isn’t it!
Absolutely. I have really been enjoying your photography lately, good work.
Thanks for the nice words, Damien! I like this blog safari idea, too! This week has been so busy I haven’t had time to write much but I’ve been reading a lot of different blogs here and there. There are so many good ones out there. I may try this to get some of the word out, too!
A couple people I know call it "Speedlinking." Whatever you call it I guess doesn’t really matter. Spreading the word about good blogs is a great thing.
I like this idea of going on a safari of links! I used to recommend my favorite posts on my sidebar, but it became very time consuming. Many blessings throughout 2008!
Happy New Year Damien. May the blessings of the new year be with you and loved ones.
Thanks for the link love Damien. As a heads up, I think you might enjoy my music-related Thursday Thirteen this week.
Btw, I like the new layout for your blog. For some reason, the link I used to have on my blogroll wasn’t taking me directly to your blog… which is why I hadn’t been around for awhile. I’ll be updating my blogroll with your URL today.
@Rosemarie: Yeah I know that can get cumbersome. The automated you can makes things though, the easier they are to do regularly.
@Ed: Same to you friend!
@Malcolm: Hey there! Great to see you here. I appreciate the link love as well.