It’s a small world

I had an hour of downtime today. Really, I did. I can’t remember the last time I did. (Okay, yesterday I played hooky and we took the kids tubing at Liberty Mountain, but I still had mom duties even with all that fun!)

What I decided to do while the kids played Super Smash Brothers Melee (which I still can’t believe I let them play) I went surfing for blogs. I read some great ones, but want to branch out. I followed Jeff Risley’s blogroll, and then followed the links from there and so on and so on and so on — kind of like the Breck commercial. I read some fascinating posts from obits to rants to new business start ups. And some terrific tips on writing properly and technological breakthroughs and marketing strategy insights. My kind of hour. But I wanted more. More, I say!

So I decided to search by keyword and went to Blogwise as a diversion (I don’t usually use that one) and searched for moms, then motorcycles, then research, and some other terms that interest me. I found a guy named BMW who rides a Japanese bike (strange misnomer) among others. But then I stumbled on a really groovy blog – Uncaged Librarian, matching two of my interests – motorcycles and information. It has links to some great motorcycle-related articles. But then I realized I know the writer. She is on a listserv that I’m on. I’ve spoken to her and she has even done a proposal for me before when I needed help on a research project. It’s a small world after all.