As a blogger, I have officially arrived.
A blog that I often visit, Dad Gone Mad, had post called Big Big Stars where he invited all readers and visitors to his blog to post links to their blogs, thereby encouraging them to meet, greet, and be sweet in the blogosphere.
Not to be outdone, Dee Dee at Random Daily Ramblings has put together a list of everyone who visited and left their blog addresses. She sent me a note after visiting me, saying, “I’ve posted a complete list of everyone who left their blog link on his Big Big Stars post in a post of my own called Blog Rolling With My Homies over on my blog, so if you want to see it come on over and sit a spell. ” How she found the time to do this is beyond me. I can’t even sit on the toilet without an audience and a standing ovation. In any event, I made the list! Woo-hooo! I’ve had visitors and it’s been very exciting. I’m loving the love being shown.
But wait, there’s more. I visited another blogger, BackPacking Dad, and he brought us up to speed on the goings and comings with this list. Evidently, Heather, whom I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting, has challenged Dee Dee to visit and comment on all members of the list. Dee Dee accepted on the condition that Heather do the same. BPD took it one step further, and actually finished the list. Says BPD, “It took days, and my daughter has been in the same diaper since Thursday, and I think she’s had to teach herself to cook, and my wife has since fled to Seattle and Chicago in succession.“
Yeah, that sounds about right. Ohhh, to read the list. Seriously, it’s like the equivalent of an internet white glove has been thrown on the ground and bloggers everywhere are saying, “Aha! I challenge you to a duel” — of course in this fantasy of mine, the accents are French, so challenge sounds more like “shall-lawnge” and duel sounds like “dew-ell”.
BPD was talking about having someone design some badges for our blogs saying, “I’m on the List” or “I Completed the List”. I SO want one of those. I’m such a taggie/gidget/gadget junkie. Until I can squeeze out some copious free time (read: laundry, dinner, diaper changing, baths, and all other domestic responsibilities can suck it while I sit at the computer), the speed through which I get through the list probably can’t be measured in any perceptible units. No matter, I’m looking forward meeting and greeting.
The List is out there, people, and the blog is open.
