<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091</id><updated>2011-04-21T18:06:52.710-07:00</updated><category term='Internet Addiction'/><category term='Anti-Blog'/><category term='Blogging &quot;Next Blog&quot;'/><category term='Blogging'/><title type='text'>It's All About Being Loved</title><subtitle type='html'>My Random Sojourn Through The "Next Blog" Button</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>54</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-8753778497703415910</id><published>2009-01-01T06:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-29T08:40:07.137-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Do You Blog?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cccccc;"&gt;While I have my fundamental hypothesis about why people blog, I am now interested in some empirical evidence. To that end, I invite visitors to comment and let me know why they blog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-8753778497703415910?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/8753778497703415910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=8753778497703415910&amp;isPopup=true' title='51 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/8753778497703415910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/8753778497703415910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/11/why-do-you-blog.html' title='Why Do You Blog?'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>51</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-541357671633900870</id><published>2007-03-18T09:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-18T09:33:59.432-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Retired</title><content type='html'>At this point, it must go without saying, that I am no longer posting on this blog.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-541357671633900870?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/541357671633900870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=541357671633900870&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/541357671633900870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/541357671633900870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2007/03/retired.html' title='Retired'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-3890265885713774092</id><published>2007-02-24T18:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-24T18:26:27.128-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sojourning</title><content type='html'>I did a bit of slogging through the next blog button this evening after a long break.  I find myself with little patience for many of the blogs I run across.  I have become heartless, I guess. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ran into one blog that was all about hip Asian singles looking for love and sex in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;Los&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;Angeles&lt;/span&gt;.  I could not relate.  It made me really glad I am not single.  I also visited a blog written by an 85 year old man.  I thought that was pretty cool -- the oldest blogger I have come across yet.  Most of the people I know who are over 75 are not terribly computer literate.  I was impressed.  Then there was a blog about acne.  This blogger had about 10 blogs listed on his profile.  In addition to the acne blog, he publishes a blog about business and another blog about Jesus.  There were the usual foreign language blogs.  I also came across a blog clearly put together by some teenage girl with the customized page with trendy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;anime&lt;/span&gt; graphics and music playing.  These types of blogs are indecipherable to me with the short-cut-slang-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;lang&lt;/span&gt;, chat boxes and cute &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;paraphernalia&lt;/span&gt; that characterizes the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;bling&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;bling&lt;/span&gt; teeny &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;bopper&lt;/span&gt; blog.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-3890265885713774092?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/3890265885713774092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=3890265885713774092&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3890265885713774092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3890265885713774092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2007/02/sojourning.html' title='Sojourning'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-6831770557085994820</id><published>2007-02-14T09:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-14T10:47:23.082-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Will You Be My Valentine?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V53QI_mzJfI/RdNY93AAiUI/AAAAAAAAACE/uH9WrJgrMEM/s1600-h/heart+valenltine.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031463028462225730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V53QI_mzJfI/RdNY93AAiUI/AAAAAAAAACE/uH9WrJgrMEM/s200/heart+valenltine.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I am back only because Just D told me I was missed. Now that was a valentine that made me feel loved!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I have been involved in low-tech pursuits such as writing in a notebook and singing songs on guitar. I was working a trial. Then my child caught the flu. Then I caught the flu from my child. And by the time all of that was over, I seem to have lost the ambition to become a blog star. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;In the continued negotiation of my mid-life crisis, I am thinking about the things I want to achieve in my life before it is over. Visiting all the blogs on Blogger is not on the list. Creating is first on the list. My experience of creativity is deeply related to my sense of spirituality. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Unfortunately&lt;/span&gt;, between the demands of my life and a complacent contentment, my spirituality has &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;dissipated&lt;/span&gt;. I am trying to rebuild my &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;spiritual&lt;/span&gt; connections so I can reinvigorate my creative voice. I find that rebuilding requires me to spend time observing and thinking and freely writing, not &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;blithely&lt;/span&gt; surfing blogs or posting with a premise. Sitting in front of a computer trying to be clever does not promote that connection. That is another reason why I have not posted recently. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Until I decide exactly what I am going to do with my blogs, they each remain vulnerable to extinction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-6831770557085994820?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/6831770557085994820/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=6831770557085994820&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6831770557085994820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6831770557085994820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2007/02/will-you-be-my-valentine.html' title='Will You Be My Valentine?'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V53QI_mzJfI/RdNY93AAiUI/AAAAAAAAACE/uH9WrJgrMEM/s72-c/heart+valenltine.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-7382469359337166240</id><published>2007-01-28T22:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-28T22:19:10.328-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I Blog Therefore I Am</title><content type='html'>Latest survey update: It turns out many people blog merely to validate their existence.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-7382469359337166240?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/7382469359337166240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=7382469359337166240&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/7382469359337166240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/7382469359337166240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-blog-therefore-i-exist.html' title='I Blog Therefore I Am'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-7026519483108818818</id><published>2007-01-21T08:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-21T08:29:44.673-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I Am Just A Narcissist</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V53QI_mzJfI/RbOU4rKLKjI/AAAAAAAAABs/sEyY5fegUig/s1600-h/heart+satin..jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022521710827219506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V53QI_mzJfI/RbOU4rKLKjI/AAAAAAAAABs/sEyY5fegUig/s200/heart+satin..jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;I've concluded that I am just narcissistic. I want to be loved. I want people to appreciate, value and love me for what I do and who I am. All of us have a need to be loved and appreciated -- I don't know anyone who prefers to be unloved and unappreciated. But I am afraid that my need to be loved and appreciated may be pathological. I get anxious in certain situations if I do not feel loved and appreciated. Although, my need for love and appreciation is certainly not as acute as some people I know -- my skin is not that thin. However, my need to feel love and appreciated is often unsatisfied. Oh, to be loved!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-7026519483108818818?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/7026519483108818818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=7026519483108818818&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/7026519483108818818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/7026519483108818818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-am-just-narcissist.html' title='I Am Just A Narcissist'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V53QI_mzJfI/RbOU4rKLKjI/AAAAAAAAABs/sEyY5fegUig/s72-c/heart+satin..jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-2922623110487277972</id><published>2007-01-13T21:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-13T21:27:19.469-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Technical Difficulties Are Sapping My Blogging Joy</title><content type='html'>Blogger has been really unresponsive!  Almost everytime I try to log on, Blogger gets stuck during the log in process.  This post represents the first successful log on attempt since my last post!  I had to get in the back way too -- I was unable to directly log on.  The problems seem to have started once the new blogger came out of beta.  I am really frustrated.  Between that and my diminished motivation to keep blogging I have not posted much at all on any of my blogs.  I am thinking of calling it quits anyway.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-2922623110487277972?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/2922623110487277972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=2922623110487277972&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/2922623110487277972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/2922623110487277972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2007/01/technical-difficulties-are-sapping-my.html' title='Technical Difficulties Are Sapping My Blogging Joy'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-4067942638799241266</id><published>2007-01-06T21:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-06T21:03:18.288-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Importance of Knowing Love</title><content type='html'>Today I attended the memorial service for a friend of mine.  He committed suicide.  The family and friends who survived his suicide commented on how hurt and angry they were that he killed himself.  They love him dearly.  Unfortunately, he had not internalized their love so that he had no sustenance during his time of despair. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To allow onself to be loved can be as much of a gift as giving love.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-4067942638799241266?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/4067942638799241266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=4067942638799241266&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/4067942638799241266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/4067942638799241266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2007/01/importance-of-knowing-love.html' title='The Importance of Knowing Love'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-3111078155373757183</id><published>2007-01-02T22:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-02T22:20:00.801-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Survey Update</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V53QI_mzJfI/RZtK_FmdlNI/AAAAAAAAABI/qkwxzGePymo/s1600-h/heart+red+glow..jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015685057702892754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V53QI_mzJfI/RZtK_FmdlNI/AAAAAAAAABI/qkwxzGePymo/s200/heart+red+glow..jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's very interesting to review the comments left by other &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;bloggers&lt;/span&gt; about why they blog. While a number of comments do support my fundamental hypothesis that people blog for love, many &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;bloggers&lt;/span&gt; attest to blogging for more mundane reasons such as fighting off boredom. I certainly appreciate the blogger who blogs in order to remember her life. I find that if I do not write it down, I certainly forget, especially now that I am deeply ensconced in middle age. This on-going experiment is certainly worth continuing. To that end, I invite all readers to continue responding to the question, "Why do you blog."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-3111078155373757183?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/3111078155373757183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=3111078155373757183&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3111078155373757183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3111078155373757183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2007/01/survey-update.html' title='Survey Update'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V53QI_mzJfI/RZtK_FmdlNI/AAAAAAAAABI/qkwxzGePymo/s72-c/heart+red+glow..jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-6075715550953534116</id><published>2007-01-01T10:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T10:35:07.361-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year</title><content type='html'>I'm back after a brief, unintended hiatus.  Between my computer problems, blogger problems, illness and the holidays I have not blogged since before Christmas.  I hope everyone had a lovely holiday season.  The new year is upon us and time to move forward through the blogosphere in search of more and more love!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-6075715550953534116?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/6075715550953534116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=6075715550953534116&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6075715550953534116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6075715550953534116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2007/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-9158279391779744921</id><published>2006-12-19T08:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-19T08:33:43.224-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Technical Difficulties</title><content type='html'>I am having problems with my internet connection. Responsiveness is slow. My screens keep freezing. The computer tech is coming over tomorrow.  Meanwhile, it has prevented me from posting or responding to comments.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-9158279391779744921?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/9158279391779744921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=9158279391779744921&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/9158279391779744921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/9158279391779744921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/12/technical-difficulties.html' title='Technical Difficulties'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-3180896789949433230</id><published>2006-12-12T22:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T22:53:44.023-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bestest Blog</title><content type='html'>"Bestest Blog" came up today during my random sojourn through the "next blog" button.  This is the third or fourth time it has come up during my sojourn.  I think I'm being sent a message to which I will respond:  I shall link to the "Bestest Blog Of All Time."  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still have not hit any other blog more than once.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-3180896789949433230?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/3180896789949433230/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=3180896789949433230&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3180896789949433230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3180896789949433230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/12/bestest-blog.html' title='Bestest Blog'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-72258244979145588</id><published>2006-12-11T19:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T19:48:15.929-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ppwienr</title><content type='html'>As those of you who comment on this blog know, I employ word verification.  It has been a useful tool for preventing spammers from bogging me down with irrelevant offers.  Being middle aged, I sometimes have difficulty discerning the letters in the word verification.  Today, however, as I was leaving a responsive comment to a commenter on this blog, the word verification was very clear: ppwienr.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-72258244979145588?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/72258244979145588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=72258244979145588&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/72258244979145588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/72258244979145588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/12/ppwienr.html' title='ppwienr'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-4746148148550314829</id><published>2006-12-11T19:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T08:33:24.261-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Love Makes The World Go Around</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V53QI_mzJfI/RYArS7CeteI/AAAAAAAAAAk/TaAvM975lnI/s1600-h/heart+purple.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5008050389721724386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V53QI_mzJfI/RYArS7CeteI/AAAAAAAAAAk/TaAvM975lnI/s200/heart+purple.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have been overwhelmingly busy with work lately -- so much so, that every night, after being at work all day, I have homework. For the past week or so, when I sit at the computer it is not to blog but to work. As a result, I have neglected my post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've noticed that when my energy is diverted away and I am not wandering the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;blogosphere&lt;/span&gt; as diligently, my blog receives fewer visitors. It's like the more I give, the more I get.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-4746148148550314829?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/4746148148550314829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=4746148148550314829&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/4746148148550314829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/4746148148550314829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/12/love-makes-world-go-around.html' title='Love Makes The World Go Around'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V53QI_mzJfI/RYArS7CeteI/AAAAAAAAAAk/TaAvM975lnI/s72-c/heart+purple.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-8114654578417952787</id><published>2006-12-04T20:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-04T20:39:13.369-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogger Frustrations</title><content type='html'>I have been having a lot of problems commenting lately.  Often comments that I painstakingly compose somehow do not show up - - either on the blogs I visit or in response to comments left on my blog.  That's really frustrating.  Several times I have thoughtfully written a comment, a quip, a response only to find that it disappeared into the vastness of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;blogosphere&lt;/span&gt;.  That just sucks!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-8114654578417952787?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/8114654578417952787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=8114654578417952787&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/8114654578417952787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/8114654578417952787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/12/blogger-frustrations.html' title='Blogger Frustrations'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-7717080715218417682</id><published>2006-12-02T17:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-02T17:40:18.658-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I am impressed with the response to my question "why do you blog."  Some people have left sincere responses -- others, as is seen quite frequently in the blogosphere, have been "cute."  The responses are as varied as the bloggers themselves.  I encourage visitors to read the comments above, and leave their own.  So far, my hypothesis (that people blog because they want to be loved) has not been clearly supported, but I am still waiting to see what is revealed by these responses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a somewhat prudish (albeit liberal) middle-aged woman, I was cheered to see one reader believes blogging is healthier than porn.  I trust some blogging addicts, however, might differ.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-7717080715218417682?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/7717080715218417682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=7717080715218417682&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/7717080715218417682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/7717080715218417682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/12/i-am-impressed-with-response-to-my.html' title=''/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-1680346072125944156</id><published>2006-11-24T09:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T09:59:44.513-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Today's Sojourn</title><content type='html'>I have listed 265 visited blogs since October 10, 2006. How long do you think it will take me to view the millions of blogs posted in the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;blogosphere&lt;/span&gt;? A few of today's blogs made me chuckle:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Kissing4Press&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Coffee2Go&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Turning the Pages of Life&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, I am debating whether if I should try to aggressively "market" my blog or just let readership develop organically.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-1680346072125944156?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/1680346072125944156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=1680346072125944156&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/1680346072125944156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/1680346072125944156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/11/todays-sojourn.html' title='Today&apos;s Sojourn'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-2891849294509104032</id><published>2006-11-22T23:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-22T23:35:20.744-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Respite</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/108392/heart%20glowing.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/200/218968/heart%20glowing.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;I have not been sojourning through the "next blog" button this week because my work commitments have left me with little time to do so. I did spend a few moments viewing other blogs either through &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;blogrolls&lt;/span&gt; or searching for specific types of blogs. That was a different experience as I was pro-active in my quest for blogs that pique my interest. This little diversion in no way threatens my commitment to the "next blog" button -- it just may be a few more days before I resume my random sojourn.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-2891849294509104032?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/2891849294509104032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=2891849294509104032&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/2891849294509104032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/2891849294509104032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/11/respite.html' title='Respite'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-8831166025996064469</id><published>2006-11-20T20:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-20T20:50:41.897-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My Expanding Blog Involvement</title><content type='html'>For readers who are interested in staying up to date with my random sojourn through the "next blog" button, I just added a subscription feature.  I continue to be amazed at all the free goodies that are available to bloggers -- counters, subscription monitors, linking monitors. . .and I'm still learning about what is out there.  Wow.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-8831166025996064469?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/8831166025996064469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=8831166025996064469&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/8831166025996064469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/8831166025996064469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-expanding-blog-involvement.html' title='My Expanding Blog Involvement'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-1518360499566879464</id><published>2006-11-18T23:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-18T23:59:40.169-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Slogging</title><content type='html'>My sojourn has been somewhat interrupted by the demands of my working life which has made it very difficult to spend time at my computer this past week. The time I have been sojourning has been more like "slogging" through the "next blog" button. I'm kind of sick of it because I come upon so few spectacular blogs. There really is a lot of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;drek&lt;/span&gt; out there. Nevertheless, I am committed to my methodology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not to say I do not do other types of blog viewing. I do visit blogs that are linked on some of my favorite blogs. On &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;occasion&lt;/span&gt;, I search for blogs that cover themes of interest to me. But those visits are not memorialized herein because the purpose of this blog is to record my sojourn through the "next blog" button and my efforts to make other bloggers feel loved. (Although how much love can other bloggers feel from someone who is thinks most of the visited blogs are uninteresting?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bobby Griffin tried to get me to use his "random blog" button, asserting that the "next blog" button only takes me to the most recently updated blogs. In the past, I never paid attention to that. Last time I sojourned, I watched the dates on the blogs I hit. Some of them had not been updated for months. I think this disproves Bobby Griffin's assertion.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-1518360499566879464?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/1518360499566879464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=1518360499566879464&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/1518360499566879464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/1518360499566879464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/11/slogging.html' title='Slogging'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-1857603127640254710</id><published>2006-11-13T23:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T23:37:53.195-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Persona</title><content type='html'>I visited one of my favorite blogs this evening, "Fancy Schmancy Anxiety Maven." Maven's latest post is about the blogging persona. What synchronicity! For just this morning, after re-reading many of my posts, I started contemplating on my blogging persona, which in turn led to some thoughts about the blogging personas of others. I left a comment for Maven to that end, indicating that I think the persona is part of the creative aspect of blogging; it allows us an opportunity to explore a particular voice that, while it certainly does not encompass the gestalt of personality, clearly represents the chosen "face" of blogging. Either by exaggeration, omission or utter fiction, the persona becomes another creative voice. In a way, starting a blog is like starting a new school -- you can re-invent yourself. To be continued. . .&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-1857603127640254710?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/1857603127640254710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=1857603127640254710&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/1857603127640254710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/1857603127640254710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/11/persona.html' title='The Persona'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-2219072413791347668</id><published>2006-11-12T09:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T10:26:19.153-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Randomness Defined</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/heart%20grid.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/200/heart%20grid.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;A random process is a repeating process whose outcomes follow no describable deterministic pattern, but follow a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Probability distribution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_distribution"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;probability distribution&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;The term randomness is often used in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Statistics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;statistics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt; to signify well defined statistical properties, such as lack of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Bias" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;bias&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt; or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Correlation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;correlation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;. Random is different from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Arbitrary" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrary"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;arbitrary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;, because to say that a variable is random means that the variable follows a probability distribution. Arbitrary on the other hand implies that there is no such determinable probability distribution for the variable.&lt;br /&gt;Randomness has an important place in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Science" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;science&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Philosophy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;philosophy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffccff;"&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;br /&gt;(Redirected from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Random" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Random&amp;amp;redirect=no"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffccff;"&gt;Random&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffccff;"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I came upon a duplicate hit -- "Steve Irwin." Other than the "Bestest Blog," this is the only time I come upon the same blog more than once as I continue my random sojourn through the "next blog" button.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-2219072413791347668?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/2219072413791347668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=2219072413791347668&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/2219072413791347668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/2219072413791347668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/11/randomness-defined.html' title='Randomness Defined'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-3903160688009603374</id><published>2006-11-10T14:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T14:34:52.954-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Commenting Tips</title><content type='html'>The vast majority of bloggers seem to be blogging for the reward of comments. I found this guide that suggests various ways of enhancing the possibility of receiving comments on your blog. Let me know if it helps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/10/12/10-techniques-to-get-more-comments-on-your-blog/"&gt;http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/10/12/10-techniques-to-get-more-comments-on-your-blog/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-3903160688009603374?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/10/12/10-techniques-to-get-more-comments-on-your-blog/' title='Commenting Tips'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/3903160688009603374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=3903160688009603374&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3903160688009603374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3903160688009603374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/11/commenting-tips.html' title='Commenting Tips'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-1751563765293212631</id><published>2006-11-08T15:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T15:55:30.200-08:00</updated><title type='text'>National Blog Posting Month</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"&gt;Where have I been? I almost missed "National Blog Posting Month." I heard from visiting some of my favorite blogs where there was mention of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;NaBloPoMo that November is dedicated to daily blog posting&lt;/span&gt;. I guess I'm not yet a first class blogger because I have not been posting on a daily basis -- of course I was sick last week (no excuse) and starting a trial this week (another lame excuse). I can try to catch up.  Perhaps I can double up daily posts to miss the few days that I did not post.  Or,  I can do some fraudulent posting maybe and back date some posts. . .hmm. But I'm just not one for fraud. I try to post only when I feel that I have some inspiration, thoughtfulness or at least a modicum of subject matter. I would rather be a delinquent blogger than compromise my integrity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-1751563765293212631?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/1751563765293212631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=1751563765293212631&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/1751563765293212631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/1751563765293212631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/11/national-blog-posting-month.html' title='National Blog Posting Month'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-8487732189224666432</id><published>2006-11-06T20:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T06:57:38.273-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Love's Reciprocity</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/heart%20reciprocal..jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/320/heart%20reciprocal..jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt;Love is an amazing thing. A little love-gift can germinate into a big love fest. Sometimes it can be challenging to feel loved. I've been there -- forlorn, self-possessed, misunderstood. Then, someone comes into my life who is kind or generous or gentle just when I was feeling roughed up like what I needed was to be seen and responded to intuitively with grace and charm. If you can let the love in, you can let the love out so that when you see someone beat up or low down, you can respond to them with some sensitivity. Sometimes it's as simple as laughing at &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;someone's&lt;/span&gt; joke. Ultimately, the subject becomes the object -- the lover becomes the beloved. And the more you let it out, the more you can let it in. What a tremendous untapped resource.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-8487732189224666432?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/8487732189224666432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=8487732189224666432&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/8487732189224666432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/8487732189224666432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/11/loves-reciprocity.html' title='Love&apos;s Reciprocity'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-2741137452421932883</id><published>2006-11-05T20:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-05T20:57:23.361-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Refreshed</title><content type='html'>I was sick this week so I did not do much sojourning. Oh well. I did not have pangs either. I guess that means I'm not really a blog addict. That's too bad because I think it's the addicted bloggers that probably have the best blogs. I also think the best blogs cover a variety of topics and are not necessarily thematic, as is this blog. I also tend to favor blogs with a sense of humor.  Too bad for me that while I appreciate good humor, I don't seem to be too funny myself.  Nevertheless, this blog is a blog with a purpose! To travel through the "next blog" button ad &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;infinitum&lt;/span&gt;. . . Will I ever reach the end? Who knows.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-2741137452421932883?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/2741137452421932883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=2741137452421932883&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/2741137452421932883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/2741137452421932883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/11/refreshed.html' title='Refreshed'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-747337330785159001</id><published>2006-11-03T16:27:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-03T16:27:57.890-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sick</title><content type='html'>I have been sick all week.  Will post properly upon recovery.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-747337330785159001?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/747337330785159001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=747337330785159001&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/747337330785159001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/747337330785159001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/11/sick.html' title='Sick'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-3918889838739604032</id><published>2006-10-29T16:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T17:08:07.346-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Insecure Blogger</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/heart%20broken..0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/320/heart%20broken..0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcccc;"&gt;I seemed to have lost my perspective. My original intention in this venture was to give love -- to visit other blogs and let them know I visited, hopefully leaving a sincerely positive note responsive to the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;blog's&lt;/span&gt; content. My goal was to make others feel loved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somehow, I now find myself desperate for the warm comments of others -- to be the recipient of love. It's an anxious feeling I try to cope with by thundering my way through the "next blog" button leaving comments in my wake. Even though I have vigorously visited numerous blogs, the return commenting has slowed down considerably. Have I become uninteresting? Will the dearth of comments be the death of my blog?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-3918889838739604032?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/3918889838739604032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=3918889838739604032&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3918889838739604032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3918889838739604032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/insecure-blogger.html' title='The Insecure Blogger'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-7335627390153771522</id><published>2006-10-25T09:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-25T09:23:31.094-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kicked</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#c0c0c0;"&gt;I have not posted or surfed the blogs for a couple of days.  Does this mean I kicked the addiction or have just been remiss?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-7335627390153771522?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/7335627390153771522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=7335627390153771522&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/7335627390153771522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/7335627390153771522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/kicked.html' title='Kicked'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-6570977361413652928</id><published>2006-10-20T17:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-20T18:19:19.931-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet Addiction'/><title type='text'>Internet Addiction</title><content type='html'>I would imagine many bloggers have heard about the Stanford study on Internet usage that suggests that pathological Internet use is on the rise. I do not have an addictive personality. I do not even have an obsessive-compulsive personality. But I am afraid that I might show signs of an Internet addict. While the DSM has not been revised to include criteria for diagnosis of "Internet Addiction," one can easily surmise if there is a problem. The tell-tale signs of addiction can be seen in many Internet users, myself included. I find myself negotiating a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;strong drive to compulsively use the Internet to check e-mail, make blog&lt;br /&gt;entries or visit Web sites . . . not unlike what sufferers of substance abuse or impulse-control disorders experience: a repetitive, intrusive and irresistible urge to perform an act that may be pleasurable in the moment but that can lead to significant problems on the personal and professional levels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For now I will take solace in the methodological weaknesses of the Stanford study and hold onto whatever hope is left that I have not fallen into the abyss of addiction.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-6570977361413652928?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20061017005940&amp;newsLang=en' title='Internet Addiction'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/6570977361413652928/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=6570977361413652928&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6570977361413652928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6570977361413652928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/internet-addiction.html' title='Internet Addiction'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-775430425503027473</id><published>2006-10-16T18:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-16T19:21:50.503-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh! To Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/heart%20blue.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ccccff;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/200/heart%20blue.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ccccff;"&gt;I long to love. My random sojourn through the "next blog" button has taken a sinister turn as I desperately make my way through searching  for blogs I can love. I yearn to be inspired. I long to be engaged. And while I view so many, I am deeply moved by so few.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While I appreciate the efforts of my fellow bloggers, I do have personal tastes and interests that are piqued by some blogs and not at all by others. I do not mean to offend anyone -- it's just that no one can be all things to all people.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-775430425503027473?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/775430425503027473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=775430425503027473&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/775430425503027473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/775430425503027473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/oh-to-love.html' title='Oh! To Love'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-6582688725951575521</id><published>2006-10-15T09:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-15T09:44:10.438-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Amazing</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt;I have been sojourning through the "next blog" button for approximately one month.  I have not hit the same blog twice.  Amazing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-6582688725951575521?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/6582688725951575521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=6582688725951575521&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6582688725951575521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6582688725951575521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/amazing.html' title='Amazing'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-521243740767782195</id><published>2006-10-14T19:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-14T19:13:23.545-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Blog'/><title type='text'>Blog Overload</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#ffcc99;"&gt;I have a friend  who really is an Internet hound.  She is dedicated to her e-mail correspondence, frequently forwarding political commentary or "friend" missives (i.e., "This is for all my girlfriends. . .")  She scours the Internet for information about particularly relevant to her moment (this week the hot topic is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;Lasik&lt;/span&gt; surgery).  She follows specific websites for their political reporting.  She buys books from Amazon.  She wins auctions on E-Bay.  She forwards me links to websites she thinks I might appreciate.  The Internet, in general, is certainly her friend.  Nevertheless, she hates blogs -- almost vehemently.  She believes blogs clutter the Internet with way too much information.  According to her, it is just &lt;em&gt;too much&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#ffcc99;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#ffcc99;"&gt;My friend made no comment about how she feels about bloggers.  I trust she does not have an issue with bloggers themselves -- but maybe she was just being polite and did not want to tell me she thinks I am wasting my time and infringing on her mental state by participating in one of the biggest, eeriest phenomenons of our time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-521243740767782195?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/521243740767782195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=521243740767782195&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/521243740767782195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/521243740767782195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/blog-overload.html' title='Blog Overload'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-3629845283453000643</id><published>2006-10-12T22:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T22:50:16.378-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogging'/><title type='text'>I'm Just A Kid (A Post by Mrs. Joseph's Offspring)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/mommy%20and%20baby%20heart.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/200/mommy%20and%20baby%20heart.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;color:#33cc00;"&gt;I am just a child, well...almost a teen but, i still think that blogging is good but also dangerous. To all the people out there who &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;blog&lt;/span&gt; and put all info on there &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;blog&lt;/span&gt; i would like to let them know that &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;that's&lt;/span&gt; not good. Its like having a MY SPACE! If you have your picture it's one thing but, if you have all the info about you, it's another! I mean think about it, people around the world are looking at your faces and reading about you. But, i don't mean to be rude and butt into your &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;personal&lt;/span&gt; life, if you don't care about that stuff then forget all i just typed. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;color:#33cc00;"&gt;Also, I would like to say that i have seen some of your &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;guys'&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;blogs&lt;/span&gt; and they're great! A &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;family&lt;/span&gt; member of mine has a blog and she's really into it. I see how much effort is put into it but not because you have to, like H.W., just for fun. And of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;blogs&lt;/span&gt; i have seen I see how other people also love blogging and put down some cool stuff. Well, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;that's&lt;/span&gt; all I had to say and I'm very sorry if you thought it was rude of me to talk about the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;dangerous&lt;/span&gt; stuff and might think that I'm just a kid but, I had to get that out of me. I mean when your school &amp;amp; have speeches about the "Danger of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Internet&lt;/span&gt;" and stuff, it sticks with you, I guess. HAVE A NICE DAY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-3629845283453000643?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/3629845283453000643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=3629845283453000643&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3629845283453000643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3629845283453000643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/im-just-kid-post-by-mrs-josephs.html' title='I&apos;m Just A Kid (A Post by Mrs. Joseph&apos;s Offspring)'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-6781582702133638215</id><published>2006-10-11T09:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T21:58:24.687-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Please Forgive Me and Thank You</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#66cccc;"&gt;I have received a number of comments. Generally, the majority of comments are from bloggers who are are responding to my comments after I have have visited their blog. What good manners! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#66cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#66cccc;"&gt;If I have been remiss in personally responding, please forgive me. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#66cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#66cccc;"&gt;I am still learning the ins and outs of blogging etiquette. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#66cccc;"&gt;I certainly want all visitors to know you are welcome and appreciated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-6781582702133638215?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/6781582702133638215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=6781582702133638215&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6781582702133638215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6781582702133638215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/please-forgive-me-but-i-am-dense.html' title='Please Forgive Me and Thank You'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-4138614202407937599</id><published>2006-10-10T18:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-15T18:40:41.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A New Feature</title><content type='html'>As of today, I am listing the blogs I view on another page (see link above or just click here &lt;a href="http://itsallaboutbeinglovedannex.blogspot.com"&gt;http://itsallaboutbeinglovedannex.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-4138614202407937599?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/4138614202407937599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=4138614202407937599&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/4138614202407937599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/4138614202407937599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/new-feature.html' title='A New Feature'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-6265124362142990037</id><published>2006-10-09T18:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-09T18:09:36.977-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More Questions About Blogging Etiquette</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#ffcccc;"&gt;I did a search on blogspot for "about blogging." There were over 2.7 million hits. One of the most helplful was "Leesa's Stories" post about blogging etiquette. She writes that all comments should be personally responded to. Does that apply to comments from people who are responding to comments I left for them on their blogs during my random sojourn? Is this supposed to become a commenting dialogue?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-6265124362142990037?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/6265124362142990037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=6265124362142990037&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6265124362142990037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6265124362142990037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/more-questions-about-blogging-etiquette.html' title='More Questions About Blogging Etiquette'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-4998980812114941856</id><published>2006-10-08T19:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-08T19:54:03.460-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Methodology</title><content type='html'>If I come upon a new blog, I try to read the entire thing.  If the blog has been around for a while, I go back to the first post, read some of the recent posts, and maybe check out some of the posts in between.  If I find the blog particularly interesting, I might read more, depending on how much time I have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I try to comment on at least five blogs per session.   Because there are blogs I cannot comment on (foreign language, commenting limited to members only, etc.), I generally view more than five blogs per session.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-4998980812114941856?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/4998980812114941856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=4998980812114941856&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/4998980812114941856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/4998980812114941856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/my-methodology.html' title='My Methodology'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-1648196197434367577</id><published>2006-10-06T08:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-06T08:27:32.038-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Linking Etiquette</title><content type='html'>Is it okay to post a link to someone else's blog without their permission?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-1648196197434367577?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/1648196197434367577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=1648196197434367577&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/1648196197434367577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/1648196197434367577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/linking-etiquette.html' title='Linking Etiquette'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-7342579916003280353</id><published>2006-10-06T08:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T07:24:57.531-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Sick Compulsion</title><content type='html'>The past day or two I have had a physical compulsion to blog. The moment I come home from work, I turn on the computer and start checking. My husband opens the door to my office, grumbles, "Oh you're on the computer," and slams it shut again. My children repeat themselves trying to get my attention away from the screen. I think about blogging before I go to sleep -- What am I going to post? How many blogs can I visit today? Can I find again that cool blog I found the other day? Has anyone left a nice comment for me? I find myself not doing things I really should be doing in order blog. I can see this is starting to become a problem. Will I have to give up blogging if I can't strike a balance between the real world and the blogosphere? Is there treatment? Do other bloggers experience this same phenomenon?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-7342579916003280353?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/7342579916003280353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=7342579916003280353&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/7342579916003280353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/7342579916003280353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/sick-compulsion.html' title='A Sick Compulsion'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-4287024373361521995</id><published>2006-10-05T19:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T19:38:09.598-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To Be Loved</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/heart%20pink.2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/200/heart%20pink.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#ffcc00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I learned today that one of my random visits inspired another blogger. I found this out when I searched "Mrs. Joseph." The first hit was a post by another blogger about how my comment touched her. I went to her blog and saw that she actually had two posts commenting on her experience of my random visit and her visit to my blog in return. Because I knew that I made her fell loved, I felt loved! That was nice.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-4287024373361521995?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/4287024373361521995/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=4287024373361521995&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/4287024373361521995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/4287024373361521995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/to-be-loved.html' title='To Be Loved'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-3077962026458178320</id><published>2006-10-01T09:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-01T09:31:22.282-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Anonymous Blogs</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#ccffff;"&gt;During my random sojourn through the "next blog" button I come upon these random, corporate looking blogs that are advertising vehicles for a particular product or cause, for example:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imbruglio Blog&lt;br /&gt;Mexico&lt;br /&gt;Multiple Sclerosis&lt;br /&gt;Health Sciences&lt;br /&gt;Blog Blog&lt;br /&gt;Truck&lt;br /&gt;Liability Insurance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They always format the page so I lose the "next blog" button and I have to go back before I can go forward again. They are often the same format, same colors -- the simple block template you chose when setting up a blog on blogspot.com. Who creates these blogs? Who maintains these blogs?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-3077962026458178320?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/3077962026458178320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=3077962026458178320&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3077962026458178320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/3077962026458178320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/10/anonymous-blogs.html' title='The Anonymous Blogs'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-9087762670121941205</id><published>2006-09-25T21:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-25T21:49:57.096-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Waiting for Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/heart%20brown.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/320/heart%20brown.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While I have received responsive comments, I have not received random comments.  I guess to be loved, one must first be known.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-9087762670121941205?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/9087762670121941205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=9087762670121941205&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/9087762670121941205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/9087762670121941205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/09/where-is-love_25.html' title='Waiting for Love'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-462902723437873803</id><published>2006-09-24T23:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T23:59:50.551-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quality</title><content type='html'>As I continue my random sojourn through the "next blog" button, I am increasingly aware of how few blogs really stand out.  The majority are sincere.  Many are well written.  Some have spectacular photography.  I ran into one blog today that had a short video clip of a whale watching trip.  While the video was nothing great, I sensed the immediacy and awesomeness of the moment as a large pod of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"&gt;Orcas&lt;/span&gt; jumped out of the water.  I really enjoyed seeing that.  Some are just are so far removed from my culture that I do not relate at all to what the blogger is saying (i.e., the teenage blogs with all kids of chats and tags and abbreviations that read like a foreign &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;language&lt;/span&gt; -- that's the generation gap, I guess).  I come up many blogs soliciting comments.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-462902723437873803?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/462902723437873803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=462902723437873803&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/462902723437873803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/462902723437873803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/09/quality.html' title='Quality'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-6070402713572831855</id><published>2006-09-22T14:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-22T14:20:07.810-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Where is the Love?</title><content type='html'>My friend just started a myspace page/blog.  She eagerly awaits comments on her blog.  She can't understand why someone would visit without commenting.  I feel her pain.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-6070402713572831855?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/6070402713572831855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=6070402713572831855&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6070402713572831855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6070402713572831855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/09/where-is-love.html' title='Where is the Love?'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-820765695970240687</id><published>2006-09-16T23:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-16T23:51:48.563-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Feelin' The Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/green%20heart.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/200/green%20heart.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know how many blogs I have visited so far -- but there have been many.  I always comment on the personal blogs.  People have responded with comments to any one of my blogs (depending on how I signed my comment).  The reponse has been warm, friendly and encouraging.  I like that!  I do not comment on blogs that I find offensive like the white supremisist blog I stumbled onto.  I also have not commented on blogs written in foreign languages, but I think about doing that anyway.  I do comment on international blogs that are written in English.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-820765695970240687?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/820765695970240687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=820765695970240687&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/820765695970240687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/820765695970240687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/09/feelin-love.html' title='Feelin&apos; The Love'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-8127153198533146295</id><published>2006-09-14T17:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T17:46:10.255-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hits</title><content type='html'>A google search for "blog" resulted in 3,050,000,000 hits.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-8127153198533146295?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/8127153198533146295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=8127153198533146295&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/8127153198533146295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/8127153198533146295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/09/hits.html' title='Hits'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-7345647768382156368</id><published>2006-09-13T23:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T23:05:32.475-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogging &quot;Next Blog&quot;'/><title type='text'>Beta'd Out</title><content type='html'>I have been thwarted in my blogging sojourn.  I have been "next blogging" my way through blogs -- going for a handful at a time -- letting the bloggers know that I visited.  However, there are many blogs that require a blogger id that I cannot access because they are not beta blogs.  Blogger suggests this will be remediated in the future.  Meanwhile, I just keep going.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-7345647768382156368?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/7345647768382156368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=7345647768382156368&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/7345647768382156368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/7345647768382156368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/09/betad-out.html' title='Beta&apos;d Out'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-2916804279476111670</id><published>2006-09-12T18:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T18:29:42.287-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Counting</title><content type='html'>I added a counter to my page.  I learned that you can start the counter at any number.  I wonder how many bloggers inflate that number when they start the counter.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-2916804279476111670?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/2916804279476111670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=2916804279476111670&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/2916804279476111670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/2916804279476111670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/09/counting.html' title='Counting'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-6928288617616726472</id><published>2006-09-11T20:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-11T20:17:55.817-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Giving Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ffffcc;"&gt;I am commited to spending some time, every day, to randomly viewing blogs and letting those bloggers know that I visited.  I feel this is especially important for the bloggers whose audience is apparently quite small.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-6928288617616726472?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/6928288617616726472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=6928288617616726472&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6928288617616726472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/6928288617616726472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/09/giving-love.html' title='Giving Love'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-4511117287873862501</id><published>2006-09-07T09:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-07T09:09:35.573-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Yesterday I read there are 50,000,000 blogs on-line.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-4511117287873862501?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/4511117287873862501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=4511117287873862501&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/4511117287873862501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/4511117287873862501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/09/yesterday-i-read-there-are-50000000.html' title=''/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-5444167535177810440</id><published>2006-09-05T07:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T07:30:04.826-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wings of Desire</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/wings%20of%20desire.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/200/wings%20of%20desire.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/true%20story.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone is compelled to tell their story, their reason for being. To tell, to be heard and then to be remembered. There is the catharsis in the telling and redemtion in having been listened to. To connect, to be connected. What's your story?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-5444167535177810440?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/5444167535177810440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=5444167535177810440&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/5444167535177810440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/5444167535177810440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/09/wings-of-desire.html' title='Wings of Desire'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-1431228104269394912</id><published>2006-08-31T09:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-31T09:47:08.716-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Pressure and Resolution</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/heart.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/200/heart.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I certainly feel pressure to keep my blog up to date.  It seems like some of the most interesting blogs are regularly updated by bloggers who do not necessarily have anything particularly interesting to say but have an interesting way of saying it. By no means am I assuming that I have an interesting way of saying anything -- I'm just here for the journey.  But I am trying to figure out what makes a blog compelling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a result I have been doing some research.  I spend minutes at a time, surreptitiously when at work, clicking the "next blog" button in search of inspiring blogs. I always click on the "view my profile" link because I think bloggers want to know that someone is reading their blog and many blogs do not have counters other than the profilew view counter.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do not always comment though.  That might be a little too personal -- although I'm thinking perhaps that's really what is called for when reading blogs.  If I think someone's blog is good, I should let that person know.  Otherwise the whole experience remains anonymous and voyeuristic.  Is this a resolution?  Perhaps.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-1431228104269394912?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/1431228104269394912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=1431228104269394912&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/1431228104269394912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/1431228104269394912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/08/pressure-and-resolution.html' title='The Pressure and Resolution'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065250309697912091.post-682537497610797784</id><published>2006-08-26T17:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-26T17:59:39.515-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's All About Being Loved</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/heart.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/320/heart.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7451/740387000695545/1600/heart.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I've become addicted to blogging. I spend an inordinate amount of time clicking through the blogs to peer into the worlds of fellow bloggers. A little voyeuristic, I know. But then, people want their blogs to be read otherwise the blog wouldn't be published. Similar to a well-dressed woman -- a woman who clearly and purposfully chose clothing, jewelry, hair style and makeup to illuminate her features -- turning around and snapping, "What you looking at?!!" Obviously, if you don't want me to look, don't look so good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blogging really is a phenomenon. Some blogs are truly purposeful. I've run into a couple of those. I like the purposeful ones because they are not merely exhibitionist missives. Some of the personal blogs are really good -- so good that you wonder if the author is making it all up. I have just begun my analysis of what makes certain blogs so compelling and will hopefully integrate that here, as it develops.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have a blog beside this one. That's my real blog. That's where I post writing and art and all that stuff that I do in the privacy of my own home. Only now I put it out there to share. I have told my peeps that I have the blog. I guess by nature of being posted in a public forum, people other than my peeps might check it out. I frequently check how many times my profile has been viewed to get a sense of how many people are reading my blog. No one I don't know has left any comments yet though. That's what I look forward to -- some type of recognition. It's all about being loved. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6065250309697912091-682537497610797784?l=itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/feeds/682537497610797784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6065250309697912091&amp;postID=682537497610797784&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/682537497610797784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6065250309697912091/posts/default/682537497610797784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://itsallaboutbeingloved.blogspot.com/2006/08/its-all-about-being-loved.html' title='It&apos;s All About Being Loved'/><author><name>Mrs. Joseph aka SackJo22</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08156522395476349086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6620/3624/1600/in%20car.0.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
