As I set here, the laughter and shrill screams of children can be heard outside my window as they sled down the snow berms surrounding our home. Only in Alaska can you sled in the spring. I am surprised that "Butch" has not yet discovered the slopes going into "Hole In The Wall". As they play in the snow, it has given me the opportunity to review several randomly selected blog sites that I have visited this week. Although, I do not profess to be an credited blog critic, I do enjoy logical and thoughtful exchange of ideas and opinions balanced with respect for literary significance, relevance, and mentally stimulating. Unfortunately, in those sites that I have reviewed I was not able to find any of these qualities. Although, one particular site was well balanced, superbly written and provided the reader with thought provoking historical information. Unfortunately those individuals that responded to this site in the comment section failed to appreciate nor comprehend the importance that the author was penning. Comments posted were inconsistent, inadequate and did not take advantage of the quality of this site. Consequently, the remaining sites that I visited lacked thought provoking concepts and was filled with trivial prattle. Comparing those sites, I found the leading conversation to be focused on ladies under garments, in particular the bra. Although, some reference were made to ladies undershorts in the comments sections. The "Bra" was the number one topic conversation this week based on my random sampling. The second most discussed topic was Girl Scout cookies, a topic that could be discussed at the entrance to any store during this time of the year. The third most discussed item was "spring", although this occasion occurs once a year it was felt by those on these sites that it should be discussed in greater detail than merely looking at a calendar and say "gee, today is the first day of spring". One particular site that I visited consumed a vast number of bytes to post pictures of "coffee beans and birds", although "cute" I could see no relevant reason for posting them since each of the pictures were not interpreted correctly by themselves nor the person who supposedly guessed the correct answer to the trivial question. With the exception of the first site that I referred to, based on my review I found that the remaining sites provided no social, educational, or economic value whatsoever. Perhaps, a second review of these sites this next week will provide me with a better outlook as to their validity.
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