Bloggish interconnectedness

My main reason for creating and maintaining this little presence on the internet was, and is, as a repository for my own thoughts, opinions, musings, photos and the like.  And if others want to share in that, well then I guess it becomes a bit of an exercise in disclosure to some degree.

I've also gotten more in the habit of reading other blogs, but quite selectively.  I've found that a large majority simply post links to other websites along with a brief opinion on said link:
"Like, oh my gawd, this is so totally gross, you HAVE to check it out!"
"Hey, this is neat, check it out."
"I so completely disagree with what this person has to say."
I skip those; I'm more interested in reading about people.  What makes you tick and how much of YOU are you willing to put out there.  (Keeping in mind there's no way to confirm the verity of any of the information I read, so I keep my salt lick nearby.)

With that in mind, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to see, of the Blogs that Simon Has Deemed Worthy to Link, how many also have links to each other, thereby demonstrating a potential for like-mindedness in internet reading.  So the picture below reveals the fruits of that small labour.  I find it fascinating how it works out that certain like-minded folks tend to gravitate together, even when not in real life.

(A task I was only able to do based on my very small 'blogroll'; like I said, selective reading.  Much larger and the effort would not have been worth the reward.  Some of sites I fly by have more links than I could count if I pulled my pants down.)

Comments

[Penny]

Okay, I admit, sometimes, I am quite obtuse...bearing that in mind, I clicked on the diagram, and alas, it had no links. Do YOU really expext me to WORK for it??? Throw me a bone here!! ( Figuratively, of course... ;) Penny http://journals.aol.com/schnozbeary/FreshCupMoveDown

uuummm..never mind...I am obtuse...to my right are any and all links I might need....Have a Nice Day.....: silly kuniggit:

[Tina]

Hey there.....Just came across your journal and had a good time checking it out ... I'm trying to remember just HOW I ended up here, but, no matter......I can relate to your entry, "What's left for me". As a fellow lefty, I get the inky-pinky, too. Hopefully, you never had to endure Catholic school, where the nuns spent most of their time trying to turn my paper in the "right" direction ( I just waited until the dear sister walked away, and went back to my own way of doing things ) ..I think that's why so many lefties have that 'twisted-arm' thing goin' on when they write. Just a thought... Take care, Tina
http://journals.aol.com/onemoretina/Ridealongwithme

[Paul]

Dude, you're like, totally getting some traffic from me.

[Simon]

I am indeed.
The more I wander around, posting comments and leaving my site address behind, the more folks can get exposed to my particular flavour of tripe.