Bloggers Block

I started blogging about five months ago. Since then I've learned an awful lot.

One of the first things I learned about this blogging business is that just about everybody blogs about blogging. At first that didn't make any sense to me, but then I realized how many others are out there like me that constantly seek out new ways to get people to listen to what they have to say. From reading all the blogs about blogs I ascertained that there are really three types of blogs.

Personal Blogs - A persons journal or description of their experiences.
Niche Blogs - Where a blogger sticks to a topic that they are (hopefully) an expert on.
The General Blog - A multi topic, catch all.

The latter of all these is, according to the blogosphere (I've been waiting to use that word), by far the most difficult. Like an idiot I of course chose the most difficult.

Not surprisingly I was writing with about three loyal readers, myself included.

I sought out comments on my blog everywhere and anyway I could. Unfortunately since my topics vary so greatly, one person's favorite part was another person's only frustration. Lot's of people don't want to read about Michigan football, but then others want to hear about it if for no other reason than Michigan football is something I'm very passionate about.

After considering everyones advice and thinking more about what I want to do with this blog I thought back to my first post. I think I was on to something. This really is my sounding board.

I was beginning to worry too much about what to write to gain and retain readership and not enough about having fun. I was also worrying too much about toeing the line to please everyone with my opinions (although I'm getting better at speaking my mind). Really, the point of this is to get out my opinion and if you disagree, thats not a problem, its an opportunity to have intelligent conversation with occasional name calling - that stuff is fun. If there is one thing I can advise at this point in my blogging experience its just that: have fun!

So, while I risk losing a portion of what I've built in terms of readership. With this blog, WYSIWYG. I'll try and add bells and whistles that I think are cool and I'll work on the format of the site (the blogger templates can be a challenge to customize). In terms of topics though, theres gonna be a mix, and some of you aren't gonna like it. Sometimes I'm gonna post about my opinions on current events, sometimes I'm gonna talk about going out at night and hanging out with friends. I'll occasionally post the results of some of my investigations in my ongoing thirst for knowledge and sometimes I'll even get a bit political. I can't tell you how much I've been wanting to write about Michigan and Les Miles this past week. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow!

I hope you enjoy reading this stuff half as much as I enjoy writing it. I hope you digg me, stumble me, comment me and link to me from your own blogs because this blogging stuff is really fun. After all, linking is the most sincere form of flattery to a blogger.

So now that I've reaffirmed the potpourri style of this blog, I need your help to find others like me to boost my blog roll. I've searched high and low, used all sorts of blog aggregator services to find other GOOD blogs that cover at least several topics. If you know of any please let me know.

And for your viewing enjoyment, heres a picture of my cat punching me :)