Nothing to see here

In an effort to find blog configuration and content inspiration I often abuse the "Next Blog" button on Blogger's navbar. (Just look up.) It takes you to a random blog, with no regard to nationality, geolocation, or linguistic comfort zone. It is especially ignorant to reader interests and, with no confinement of subject matter or membership exclusivity, Blogger unveils a spectrum of drudgery that I had not believed possible.

There are blogs dedicated to farming, sneakers, and sewing. There are merchant sites, selling

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clothes, bedspreads, and purses. Then there are the endless sites about people's pets and/or their children, which seems like an incredible waste of Internet real estate. Now, while none of these sites hold my interest, I am glad to know that anyone can have a voice here. Everyone has the right to express their opinions and concerns with the world. If they don't have any gripes they have the right to just share their hobbies with the world. If they are completely vacant shells they can visit the retail blogs and continue their flickering existences as mere consumers, as we all have the right to make money from the insignificant. Most importantly, I am glad that I have the right to spurn and chastise all previously mentioned groups within my own blogging sovereignty.

Of course the real question is, do other blog cruisers see value in my written word? It is conceivable that not everyone would enjoy my particular flavor, but at least then they would have an opinion. They could then blog about their opinion, moving themselves immediately up the ranks of those constituents here who actually contribute. It's a win/win scenario either way. Well, I suppose that doesn't address those whose eyes glaze over when they show up here. For them there's always "Next Blog."