I've been reading blogs since high school I guess. (Has it really been that long?!) I've never actually started a blog of my own, though. This is a nice article examining the potential dangers of blogging. I haven't ever really read any "personal" blogs though; they just don't really interest me. I've always been into interest blogs though, usually ones pertaining to celebrity gossip and politics. Here are a two blogs that are pretty good: The Sartorialist is a good fashion blog - it's one of an increasing number of "street fashion" blogs.

I was first introduced to blogging in my early high school years when my friends would use LiveJournal, DeadJournal, Xanga, etc., and rant about how much homework they have or how some teacher was unfair to them today. This would soon evolve into the Facebook and the MySpace of today; both turned me off towards blogging because I really didn't care "What cereal mascot I was" or "What percentage of my kiss is passionate." Mead apparently found this type of blogging fascinating. I could do without it.

I have no answer as to why people create these personal blogs, but I can say something about "interest" blogs. Before I worked for TSL, I blogged on a couple of sports blog. Like any other sports fans, I consider myself pretty knowledgeable of my favorite sports, especially basketball.