Next

I’ve recently become fascinated with the “Next Blog” button at the top of the screen. If you click on it, the magic little button sends you randomly to other turtles in the Realm of Blogspot. It’s like cultural roulette. So far I’ve seen a lot of pictures of kids under five, much self-involved whining (prolly wrt in txt spk), some porn, and more knitters than you would think. I’ve also found quite a few turtle wranglers who resemble my group of compatriots—artistic types shaping a little corner of self-expression in the great online universe.

This is nothing new, of course, I just happened to have discovered this new spin on channel surfing and feel I must share. My favorites tend to be the sites in a language other than mine. I’m convinced there is brilliance to be found there on the other side of the language barrier. Perhaps it’s just because I can’t immediately pinpoint the misspellings and grammatical flaws that leap towards me from the English turtles. I don’t judge, I just can’t help but see.

Anywho, my turtle safari has led me to add three new links: two sites of photos (one a solo effort, one a group) and a site that I believe is in Russian and appears to focus on the art of tying knots.

Fantastic.