In case you haven’t noticed, I like to read blogs. All kinds of blogs (don’t be fooled by the short list on the left – that was set up when we first started the blog and hasn’t been updated). I read mom blogs, HR blogs, tech blogs, blogs by people living in NYC, blogs by people living in the middle of nowhere, blogs by people my age, much older and younger (although I’m pretty sure none of them are MUCH younger than I am). And up until recently I’ve always either bookmarked each one or linked through from someone else’s blog to theirs. That is how I’ve found some really great blogs. I figure if I like their writing, I’ll probably like the writing of people they like. I only know a couple of the people whose blogs I read personally. But many of the others I feel like I know. Most of them are much better about updating than Ryan and I are.

Last week sometime (I think it was last week…), Ryan was setting up Google Reader for himself. Of course his is full of Slashdot and CNN and stuff. News feeds, mostly. And I was telling him that I haven’t used Google Reader yet, and was kind of scared to. I had heard horror stories about people with 200 unread messages, and it would totally stress me out to have something like that, I thought. But the next day, I succumbed. I went through and added almost all of the blogs I read regularly to my Google Reader. And at first it was really overwhelming. There were well over 200 entries. But I had read most of them, so it wasn’t too bad. But now, there are like 20-30 new entries every day. A lot of them I can skim through, and I do like having them all in one place, but God forbid I ever have to go without internet for a few days….it will not be good. On the other hand, I don’t have to worry about forgetting which blogs I’ve checked, which I haven’t, and which one was linked from where. As Monty Python says, “Always look on the bright side of life.” Or something like that.

Do you all read a lot of blogs (Adrienne, I know your answer to that one!)? Do you use Google Reader or some other method of tracking them all? Or do you bookmark/link from others/remember the sites?

EDIT: Just after I posted this, Lifehacker (one the blogs I read) came out with an entry about how Monty Python is sick of rip offs and stuff on youtube, so they created their own youtube channel. I have updated the link to direct to that video, which is apparently higher quality, and is Monty Python approved. Thank goodness for Google Reader, huh?