Funny Blogs

I just discovered this incredibly funny blog and added it to my bloglines account. The comments are almost as funny as the pictures.
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

Here is another funny blog, The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks
http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/

Stuff White People Like (The Book)

What happens when your blog has over 18 million hits? You get a book deal. Christian Lander, the author of the blog Stuff White People Like http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/ has signed with Random House for a book, which will be released in August. It will feature some material from the blog but most will be new content. Christian promises to keep updating the blog too.

China's bloggers

I just read this and found it interesting. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, at the end of November, 2007, there were 47 million bloggers in China which is up almost 30 million from last year. That's 1 out of every 30 Chinese citizens, or 1 out every 138 human beings on the planet. While the gender ratio in China is 55 male to 45 female, women make up 57% of the bloggers.
You can read the entire report here: http://www.cnnic.cn/html/Dir/2007/12/27/4954.htm

Google ads

When I first started this blog I was anxious to try out all the features so I decided to add Google ads to by blog. It pays you when someone clicks on the ads from your blog. I never expected to make any money because it pays very little, my blog doesn't get that much traffic and I doubt if anyone clicks on the ads anyway. It's been interesting to see the ads that pop up on my page. Google must look for key words and put on ads based on those words. After I did an entry about doggie poop there was an ad for "Fix dog coprophagia" (which I had look up) but has to do with the entry I was talking about. I've also had several ads for pink ribbon things even though my entry on the pink ribbon industry was negative. Yesterday, much to my horror there was an ad that said something to the effect "If you want to support a Real Republican click here" I suppose I have too many tags with Bush or republicans. Anyway, I'm enjoying this feature and promise to donate any money I receive to my department in the form of doughnuts or mocha muffins.