Thursday, September 24, 2009

A New Addiction

For years I have read and heard news reports about blogging. I've even noticed that Google's news page contained many blog posts to relate news stories, but I stayed clear. If a news story was a blog, I was less likely to give it credit as a news story and more likely to assume it was an expression of a persons point of view on a real story. I can't say that my opinion of news blogs has changed but my opinion of blogging in general has.

Blogs have become a new addiction for me. I think about things I want to say and can't wait to see what others have posted. I follow links from one profile to another looking for new and interesting s bloggers to follow. I spend almost as much time here on Blogger as any other site (except Facebook - but that is another story). I love to read what others have to say. I have started following several bloggers after reading only one post. And while there have been some that I have seemed to lose interest in, I haven't stopped following them - hoping that they will post something that will draw me back to them.

5 comments:

  1. Great blog! I agree, blogging has become an addiction for me as well. It's a great outlet and have met a lot of great people through it!

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  2. Blogging has become a serious addiction for me as well. I started with one blog, intending to make people laugh. Then I started following bloggers who created writing 'competitions'. Which made me rediscover my love for writing. Which lead to a writing blog. Then I bought a digital camera, which begat the photo blog, then one for my small business, then ...

    Well, you can see it's a problem.

    And as for Facebook. Don't even get me started! I am so completely addicted to Farmville -- it's embarrassing really.

    There must be a 12-step program for people like us.

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  3. Love this post! Looks like the Blogger Bug caught you, too. Blogging really opens our eyes to different ideas and ways of thinking. I'm all for that :)

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  4. It's so much fun, isn't it? I didn't expect to like it so much... and I do! Glad you got sucked into the madness right along with me:)))

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  5. It was a freak accident that I got into blogging and I am so glad I did. It is extremely cathartic, you form amazing bonds with people, you get an outlet to share your stories, read other people's experiences - the list is endless..
    BTW, thanks for your kind words on my blog :)

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