Other people, I swear

I've been using the "Next Blog" feature of blogger. It's really nothing more than a random blog chooser. I like random. I think that's why I like chinese buffets. I don't ask what the meat is, I just sample it and get more if I like it. I see a lot of both extremes while playing this random game. Some people have good content and layout and other people take it to the other extreme. Many of the pages are in languages I don't understand but one more click of the Next Blog button and I'm back to exploring the blogs.

Here's what I've realized about random blogs:

• Too many people profess their faith in their blog. It is much like they don't believe what they are saying so they have to say it over and over to knock it into their skulls. I don't think that's how religion of any sort (other than maybe a cult) is supposed to work.
• Too many people have no idea what good layout is. I see so many blogs where the content is in a wee little box and there is just random crap around it -- pictures, videos, etc. Isn't blogging about the content? Also, please don't change my cursor with your javascript. I don't think it is cute.
• Poetry is so 1800's. Learn an instrument and sing the stuff. Quit wallowing in your inner dour. Even Morrissey isn't making a decent living off of it anymore.
• Fantasy sports is not real life. This is obviously an addiction from all of the raving lunatics that post every 3.5 minutes about when so and so took a crap and how that will result in his standings in whatever fantasy league to go up or down.
• Too many people host their pictures with photobucket. Some people block that crap site. Keep that in mind.
• Never start an entry with anything resembling "So I haven't posted/updated in a long time." This should be obvious to your readers by the date/time stamp.
• A lot of teachers blog. I think this is a good thing. They need some way to vent the stress they put up with. Besides that their entries are by and large legible and well written.
• A lot of preachers blog. I don't really like this one. I'm not into the holier than thou attitude and random bible quotes.
• Bicycle riders like to blog. I don't even understand this one. What is it about man and machine that makes them feel they need to share their thoughts? I have always found them to be a pompous lot. In other news I love my bicycles.
• Gay people blog a lot. And it's always about gay stuff, never about shared things, you know, like life. Everything is a drama to a gay person. I belive that is what being gay is about. It has nothing to do with sexuality, only drama. Hence the blogging. And promoting the blog much like one would promote the drag show he/she is participating in. ...or something like that.
• The most common link in these blogs is one titled "Edit-Me" Maybe they should edit it?
• Writers don't write. They write about writing, or not writing, as the case may be. Fascinating. Truly.
• Photographers take pictures and blog about their photography equipment. I suppose this isn't that bizarre but it always makes my head cock to the side and think things like, Now how did they take a picture of their lens if it wasn't on the camera?
• Spelling is much like underwear. Optional.
• People will invariably write about other blogs. Kind of like I just did. Now it's your turn.