The Wheels On The Bus Go Round And Round

Michele at A Small Victory has a post about virtues of exploring the blogosphere through links and blogrolls.

I've got to admit that I was introduced to the blogosphere by a link from OpinionJournal.com to InstaPundit way back in 2000 while I was bored at work one day. From there I would click and click exploring from site to site, finding some good ones and finding some lame ones, but almost always finding something of interest. Several times along the way I almost started my own site, only to back away for one reason or another (usually having to do with concerns about the compliance department at my previous job). Finally in February of this year, I decided to go ahead and take the plunge. And I've been exploring even more ever since (I just have to remember to link to more of the good posts I find. A downfall on my part.).

Go through links on some of those blogs and you will come upon entire worlds that you never knew existed. By following one link from one blog that you've never been to, you can be an explorer and discover that the depths of the blogosphere are much, much deeper than you ever imagined. You'll meet authors and artists, mothers and fathers, cops and lawyers, gamers and hackers, cooks and waitresses, humorists and essayists.

This is part of blogging I love the most, just going from site to site to see what interesting stuff is out there. My father also does the same thing and usually ends up finding sites that I had overlooked (Allah Is In The House is the most recent example). Between us, we have found sites and people we never would have known about otherwise. I believe that we are richer people for the experience.

So jump on the bus! Take some time to go exploring. You never know what you might find.