It's the 42nd week of MyBlogLog Sunday, and it comes from an unlikely place. We are sitting in a sail boat - on dry land. There is obviously nothing nautical to be frightened of, but we are shaking like leaves. The bloody heater is still trying to kick in. So this will be a short sharp post because my fingers are almost blue.

The "rules" this week are unchanged, the bloggers in the screenshot will get a mini review, my finest PR4 backlink, plus a link to your MyBlogLog community...

Call by later on this evening for the fruits of my labors, assuming the heater has done its job.

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

Be back later.

And this video review from Breaking News will shed some light on what goes on, if you haven't called by before.

MyBlogLog Sunday stumbles into week 41 a bit more on time than last week.

As you probably know, Yahoo are the owners of MyBlogLog. After reading various rumors about Microsoft buying out Yahoo for an insane sum, I wonder if the MBL Sunday franchise will ever be bought out for tens of billions?

From a business point of view, I suppose it is only an attractive proposition if there were more than one franchisee! I did see one guy started a shadow copy cat version, but much like the theme of his site, Agloco, it never came to anything. Apart from that, it has just been me.

Does anyone else fancy a go at this format? If so, I will gladly promote it and we can share the buy-out fee!


And if MSFT ever do get their hands on this feature, I promise to buy a PC and Windows. For the longest time, I have been looking for a good excuse to replace my hi-tech Mac doorstop.


Anyhoo, as the illiterati might say, as per the "rules", the bloggers in the screenshot will get a mini review, my finest PR4 backlink, plus a link to your MyBlogLog community... Call by later on this evening for the fruits of my labors.

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

Be back later.

And this video review from Breaking News will shed some light on what goes on, if you haven't called by before.

It isn't every day that you are 40, and not every day that MyBlogLog Sunday falls on a Thursday, but, at a time when up is down, what's the harm in pushing the boundaries. After all, this is the longest running MyBlogLog related feature on the internet, and we wouldn't want it getting too predictable!

Now those lame excuses and veiled apologies have been made, on with the show.

As per the "rules", the 10 bloggers in the screenshot will get a mini review, my finest PR4 backlink, plus a link to your MyBlogLog community...

This afternoon I will unleash my own hounds and try to find satirical salient points on those 10 featured blogs.

In the meantime, ommmmmmmmmmmm, relax. No recession here. ommmmmmmmmm

Oh, and I was looking at the avatars and was relieved that nobody is a gurner. Most disturbing.

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

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And this video review from Breaking News will shed some light on what goes on, if you haven't called by before.

Oh my, it's week 39 of MyBlogLog Sunday, the last of 2007. Here is a little insight into the mind behind this feature.

With it being the 39th week, I was going to make a lame reference to the 39 steps, and then segue seamlessly into MBL Sunday being one of the 12 steps to curing blogaholism... but then I realised that talking about 12 steps doesnt make much sense, because I dont know what the other 11 are, and I only do 10 mini reviews, and then all the steps stuff gets way too obscure, and before you know it, it is like wtf. So I will just shut up.

And that is how it continues behind the scenes for at least another 2 hours when I put the 10 reviews together for this seamless weekly event.

But, despite those mental machinations, every Sunday I really enjoy putting this together. I get to invite myself out to blogs, and take a look at what is going on, and rather than just consume consume consume, I can contribute a comment or two, and read some good articles and then come up with some link-laden remark or other. Neat.

As per the "rules", the 10 bloggers in the screenshot will get a mini review, my finest PR4 backlink, plus a link to your MyBlogLog community...

I think I need shooting about the Stumble deal. I haven't been there for a while now, and judging by the stats, i dont think anyone has stumbled me either, so perhaps it isn't such a hot networking deal any more? Let me know.

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

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And this video review from Breaking News will shed some light on what goes on, if you haven't called by before.

Woo hoo. Suffice to say, I am back and I am looking forward to another week of MyBlogLog Sunday and another year of pisstakery.

As per the "rules", the 10 bloggers in the screenshot will get a mini review, my finest PR4 backlink, plus a link to your MyBlogLog community... and to keep the ball rolling, This week I will stumble any posts from any bloggers (featured or not) who leave a link to their own favorite post of the week.

Sob story

For those that are interested, I put up with 2 weeks of mania stemming from internet woes and wireless issues. Even after buying the latest greatest AT&T internet anywhere package, there was still no solution to demented publishing times, and my dedication to blogging was beaten to a pulp by hours and hours of split second timing just to get onto the internet.

Sad to say I discovered the limit to my patience, and as we all know, an unhappy pisstaker is a bad boring pisstaker, so I stepped back into the real world of fresh air and TV to refresh my batteries and await yet another wireless card.

I can now categorically state that Netgear wireless cards work great with Netgear routers, and our 24/7 uninterrupted 11mb/sec Comcast broadband service fluctuates regularly between 1, 5 and 11MB/sec depending on... fill in the gaps because I sure as hell have no idea, and I really dont want to waste one more millisecond of my life dealing with those wankers.

So, big smile, forget the crud weather outside, let the MyBlogLog Sunday week 37 party re-begin.

Comment kings and queens

It is a sad state of affairs when commenters put more effort into a blog than a blogger himself, but thanks to Linda, Debbie, Mike and Lord Likely for their sagacious rapacious audacious words. I will submit you all to the Untwisted Vortex Kings and Queens of Comments feature and see what happens!

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

Be back later.

And this video review from Breaking News will shed some light on what goes on, if you haven't called by before.

Week 36 of MyBlogLog Sunday, coming to you at 12.54 4.56pmET, hopefully better late than never.

In the words of the old 6 Million Dollar Man series, Ed's internet is barely alive but we can rebuild it. I just got that at&t internet connect card that gets you on-line even from the middle of a pond! Credit where credit is due, it is easy to install and so far, it works. $60 amonth, unlimited up and downloads, 400-700kbs, seems pretty coolio. Kudos and KMA comcast.

Later on this evening I hope to publish 10 slow-mo mini reviews packed full of insights that no normal human being could possibly forsee. (I was going to weave in a reference to bionic bloggers, but it didn't work, and the Steve Austin clichés are now over as suddenly as they began.)

As per the "rules", the 10 bloggers in the screenshot will get a mini review, my finest PR4 backlink, plus a link to your MyBlogLog community... and to keep the ball rolling, I will stumble any posts from any bloggers (featured or not) who leave a link to their own favorite post of the week. And there's more!

Blogs on film

The OS9 User video cameras will definitely be rolling through the reviews later on tonight, and any of the 10 blogs that mention MBL Sunday will have a cameraman knocking on their door too. Thanks to Breaking news for this cinematic burst of exposure. Maybe this latest vid will be picked up by the Reuters robots that regularly scan their site looking for new news to report to the world. In other words, international fame may be just a scraper bot away.

Comment kings and queens

This week's top commenter and automatic entrant to the Untwisted Vortex Kings and Queens of Comments feature, is Jellyfish with 6 comments.

(I forgive Jellyfish for finding the humor on this site a little bit Monty Pythonesque. I never understood the appeal of nutty 70's humor, and I don't think I could - or would want to - think like the Pythons. Dead parrots and wafer thin mionts do nothing for me, I am afraid!. Or maybe I am in denial and I am subliminally influenced by an old school friend who could recite every single bloody line of that frigging Holy Grail film, with the proper voices, coconut shells and... aaaagh!!!!)

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

Be back later.

And this video review from Breaking News will shed some light on what goes on, if you haven't called by before.

35 weeks later and MyBlogLog Sunday is still here, albeit covered in a layer of picturesque snow that is destined to turn to salty brown slush in a few hours' time. So, come huddle around the firing line of Ed's mini reviews and find out what is going on in the 10 featured blogs this week.

As per the "rules", the 10 bloggers in the screenshot will get a mini review, my finest PR4 backlink, plus a link to your MyBlogLog community... and to keep the ball rolling, I will stumble any posts from any bloggers (featured or not) who leave a link to their own favorite post of the week. And there's more!

Blogs on film

Video cameras will be rolling through the reviews later on tonight, and any of the 10 blogs that mention MBL Sunday will have a lense knocking on their door too. Thanks to Breaking news for this cinematic burst of exposure. Maybe this latest vid will be picked up by the Reuters robots that regularly scan their site looking for new news to report to the world. In other words, international fame may be just a scraper bot away.

Comment queens

This week's top commenters are Debbie Dolphin with 6 comments, closely followed by Linda. Many thanks for the interesting input from Jellyfish as well. This info will be heading to Untwisted Vortex for their Kings and Queens of Comments feature

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

Be back later.

And this video review from Breaking News will shed some light on what goes on, if you haven't called by before.

Sorry folks, I took the screenshot of MyBlogLog Sunday 34 a while ago, but got distracted by CSS tables from this guy. Just how much fun can you have on a weekend!

As per the "rules", the 10 bloggers in the screenshot are all very welcome and can expect a mini review highlighting a post they did this week. A spot also includes my finest PR4 backlink, plus a link to your MyBlogLog community... and to keep the ball rolling, I will stumble any posts from any bloggers (featured or not) who leave a link to their own favorite post of the week.

Link love plus content, just what blogging is supposed to be about, I think!

For good measure you usually get a comment too. Are you still fully comment aware? Diane was the top commenter here last week. Merci beaucoup to her for all the trivia on Belgium.

Enough of my waffling... have a good Sunday and the reviews will hit the blogosphere later this evening. (That leaves plenty of time for the winners to prepare a post linking back here!!!!)

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

And this video review from Breaking News will shed some light on what goes on, if you haven't called by before.

In the 33rd episode of MyBlogLog Sunday, we break new ground with 3 newbies to the scene; plus 3 old friends revisiting and a gang of early morning risers who call round for breakfast most Sundays and eat us out of house and home. You are all very welcome.

As per the "rules", the 10 bloggers in the screenshot will get a mini review, my finest PR4 backlink, plus a link to your MyBlogLog community... and to keep the ball rolling, I will stumble any posts from any bloggers (featured or not) who leave a link to their own favorite post of the week. What more do you want?!

I'll tell you what else! You usually get a comment too, which should prevent me from getting lynched for hypocrisy in the current environment of comment awareness.

I still haven't been able to invent a neat new twist in the MyBlogLog Sunday feature, so the plans are still so secret, they are almost impossible to hide.

33

Just for the record, 33 is the most important number in the wine mecca of Bordeaux. I couldn't work out why everywhere you go you see 33 lotto, 33 taxi cabs, etc etc. About 9 months into my stay I knew enough French and had enough interest to ask what it was all about, and it turned out that Bordeaux is the 33rd region in France. Personally I think 33 should be the number of feet underground they should bury French bureaucrats, but that is my sinister personal opinion.

What I didn't know till I Googled, was that 33 appears on the back of Rolling Rock beer.

33 signifies two things: the year Prohibition was repealed (1933), and the number of words in the legend printed above the number on cans and returnable bottles. I quote:

So there you have it, 33, an important number for drinkers. Let's see if the reviews can get you drunk on excitement.

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

Be back later. And this video review from Breaking News will shed some light on what goes on, if you haven't called by before.

MyBlogLog Sunday 32 hits the ground groggy. Cold nights are supposed to be cozy, but not here on the East coast. It is bloody freezing in this attic room, and my portable heating unit, Mrs Ed, is away, and I didn't sleep a wink. Luckily the sun streaming through the window heated my bones and I was able to nod off for a bit, so I am not totally out of it.

Enough of disrupted sleep patterns and nights without warm wives. As usual, the 10 bloggers in the screenshot will get a mini review, a relatively juicy PR4 backlink, plus a link to your MyBlogLog community... and for grins, I will stumble any posts from any bloggers (featured or not) who leave a link to their own favorite post of the week. What more do you want?!

There are murmurings about a neat new twist in the MyBlogLog Sunday feature, but as yet, plans are so secret, I would have to kill myself if I revealed more. So stay tuned.

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

Be back later. And this video review from Breaking News will shed some light on what goes on, if you haven't called by before.

It's another West coast MyBlogLog Sunday. This time we are in "sunny" Seattle. At this precise moment there is a ray of very early morning sunshine, but this is pure luck, because looking behind me, I sense a true-to-form cloud brewing. But I am sounding way too British, talking weather, when there is more pressing news.

This is the time to address the 10 mini reviewees, ie the last MyBlogLog bloggers who visited this site before I hit blogger mode today. Stars from WolfBernz to OlgaTTB are getting reviewed in normal fashion. The only proviso this week, is that I am not sure if the reviews will materialize today, it is all internet connection-dependent! And, sorry, but no video from Breaking News. We have had our chance of glory, much appreciated, guys, and I have been awakened to look for more media opportunities in the future. Something, anything, to keep this feature fresh and alive!! Only kidding.

Reviewed bloggers get a juicy PR5 (thanks to Google, a PR4) backlink, plus a link to their MyBlogLog community... and as it is Sunday, and we are supposed to play nice at least one day a week, I will even stumble posts from the bloggers who leave a link to their own favorite post of the week.

(Usually this kicks off at 10 - 11 am Eastern time, but I have no clue what time it is anywhere, what with a new time zone, changing clocks and a series of out-of-whack phones and laptop.) Have a good one.

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

Be back later.

Rob rock 'n rolls around the internet & discovered a site called Jamendo where you can legally download albums for free. The bands are obscure, so although you can download, will you necessarily want to?

Although his brother came to a sticky end on Mount Penis, Lord Likely escaped death and was revived by the only squaw in the Red Rump Tribe. Reading is believing this amazing jaunt around America.

Sanibel Lighthouse gets an insanitary amount of attention on Debbie's excellent blog. Thousands of dead fish landed amidst a flood of theories on what caused their demise. Something stinks here.

Norman Roberts' photo blog, Innings, is a must visit. Quality images, haunting, telling, witty messages... he has it all covered. Check out No Subscription Required too. Everything video for free.

Save Our Forest gives 15 reasons to go vegetarian. Perhaps a non-meat diet will reduce chances of death from degenerative disease, but won't living on lettuce result 100% in death by starvation?

Ses is a computer geek with an imaginative About Me page. It is in the form of a Q&A session. She must rank as the smartest thing to come out of Belgium since, I dunno, Jean-Claude van Damme or Wavumi?

Split Brain have been performing electronic brain surgery since 2001. 300 RSS readers, hundreds of varied posts, and 2 launches paint a picture of persistence and smarts. Bookmark

Diane is to arts and crafts what Hannibal Lector is to human liver recipes - there seems to be no limit to her creativity. Paper, book-binding and "Paper, scissors, stone" it's all there.

N-n-n-n-nineteen, a video and song they tried to ban. N-n-n-n-never again will there be a repeat of Vietnam? N-n-n-n-o, it is different this time round. Average age of death, n-n-n-nearer 30.

OS9 User had a sleepless night pondering the upcoming video broadcast of MyBlogLog Sunday. It is easy for an outsider with no pressure to say relax & enjoy, but really, relax & enjoy. Let the muse take over.

OK - MyBlogLog Sunday is over for another day. I will be stumbling and admin-ing later because partying ghosties and ghoulies are taking over the house for a few hours!

Welcome to the MyBlogLog Sunday 30 Halloween video broadcast - the compact sequel edition. Later today, the Breaking News team will scan their camera eye over the mini reviews and share some opinions and insights.

Look out for the finished vid later in the week and enjoy the moment (BN cameras are heading for pastures new to study other blogs, so this will be the last movie action here for some time.)

As usual, the 10 bloggers in the screenshot will get a mini review, a juicy PR5 backlink, plus a link to your MyBlogLog community... and for grins, I will stumble any posts from bloggers who leave a link to their own favorite post of the week.

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

Be back later. And this is last week's review from Breaking News.

Special soon-to-be-broadcast version!

2 Dolphins stick 2 fingers to SUVs and safety, two terms that don't mix. Logically, bigger is better, but not when bigger means taller and easier to flip. For off-roading, I prefer a mountain bike, but I'm weird.

53% bumblebee, 47% bookworm, 100% blogger, Nessa generates a lot of buzz on her site, mumbling about multifarious daily thots. (Maybe alter the stats a little to allow for 2% bad speller?)

Debbie continues to brighten up the world with info on New England lighthouses. Ironically, I missed the NJ challenge, because I went West this weekend looking at boats. If we move, we'll need her sister blog.

Save Our Forest packs a big punch blogging about global climate change. It isn't all doom 'n gloom, however. If Australia dries up, their cricket team will emigrate and sign up for England. Fair result.

Compliments are flying aplenty at Larry's site. Talking of flying, he recently returned from Europe and relates how his stomach turned to spaghetti with someone else behind the wheel of a sporty Italian number.

Steamy Marvalus One opines on a variety of random topics close to her big heart. Sounds like she has a writing addiction, but is on the mend, down to 3 blogs! She must have had a reinforced keyboard.

With a death on the cards for adventuring Lord Likely, it is time for a lighter look at life through the goggle eyes of Andy Fanton's blockbuster Carotty Kid. Eat your greens, folks, they're good for your humor.

If you can write, why not write something before midnight for the John C believes in Me contest. You may win yourself a gift in a plain brown wrapper. The mind boggles, but it will be worth it.

Primarily a successful blog directory, Blog Dumps is taking on Youtube with its pimped out BlogDumps Video service. The first MBL Sunday Video broadcast will therefore break all the rules & premier on 2 sites.

OK - MyBlogLog Sunday is over for another day.

Dede at 2 Dolphins finds 10 things to do with a plastic bag. I shudder to think what the sandwiches taste like after recycling the shopping bag into a doggy-do collector into a lunch bag.

I thought OS9 User was losing his breaking news touch with a story about Vista crashing, but it seems he has insider info on corporate buyers who insist on upgrading their PC depts with XP. THAT's interesting.

Link and Earn (not Link and Learn as I mistakenly wrote earlier) encourage you to brag about your contest victories. Will they be shouting about a memory card contest victory of their own, later?

For illuminating posts about New England lighthouses go no further than Debbie Dolphin. She also re-named me Peon Whisperer, so as not to put off her PG readers from visiting my flashy XXX site.

From Photos to Search Engines to Techipedia, Tamar seems to be inquisitive, curious, knowledgeable and a prolific blogger with the writing energy of a small power station.

"I’m quiet, mysterious and hardworking ...." Blogging is obviously a perfect platform for the 10th of March. Out of interest, do they reveal themselves on this special day, or is that all part of the mystery?

Gulp, a CSS expert getting reviewed on The Pisstakers, a site whose Tech section crashes Safari. I can't stand the shame, but you should check out LA Lindsey for a shed load of her WP themes.

Cheesy Marketing Ramblings is a title guaranteed to grab the attention of a Pisstaker. As a bonus, the posts are top notch too, with loads of links, good points & humor. I think I best go there for my material.

Terri has expanded her horizons beyond a daily work, home and play blog and is heading into photo terri-tory. Snaps of cats and nature and one-liners show another side to her never-a-dull-moment life.

Another gulp, this time I have to review Andy Beard, an authority in the glam world of Blog search engine performance, Wordpress & general niche & affiliate marketing tips. Famous for... (shit, I run out of space.)

OK - MyBlogLog Sunday is over for another day.

Another dollar, another MyBlogLog Sunday. Good to see another sunny day on the neighborhood. Don't you just love global warming. Here's hoping the polar ice caps don't melt and wash me away before I get a chance to complete the 10 mini reviews for the 10 MyBlogLog bloggers who last visited this site.

Just to remind you if you didn't know, the 10 blogs that have been digitally captured in the screenshot when I eventually get up on a Sunday morning each get a mini review later on today. They also get a juicy PR5 backlink, plus a link to their MyBlogLog community... and as it is Sunday, and we are supposed to play nice at least one day a week, I will even stumble posts from the bloggers who leave a link to their own favorite post of the week.

This is a sort of link love feature, but ironically, since last week, my Technorati ranking has fallen down the toilet. Apparently I am not alone, and Linda has even removed her technorati authority widgety thing in disgust. Down with technorati, come the revolution... yadda yadda yadda.

Contest
You have till midnight tonight to blog about any article in my super x-fruits mega RSS feed, (50 words will do), and send me a link to the post,. The most amusing or engaging one will win a $39 memory card for their troubles. Rob and Link and Learn are in the running so far. Hurry, hurry..

Permalink is permanent
Today's mini review will stay on the homepage (PR5) all week and is instantly added to the archives for a permanent PR4 back link.

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

Be back later.

Untwisted Vortex is blogging from the Phillipines but his point comes across the globe loud and clear when he talks about Technorati failings, Wordpress tips and blog promotion. Excellent networker too.

Lord Likely continues his adventures across the North American plains and runs into a spot of bother with some homosexual redskins. This was in the days before American Football took off.

An excellent post flows from the pen of Rob in which he predicts that music, art and computer graphics will combine to create stunning new album art. Or are the old album sleeves still the best?

In between gaming, following college football, and smarting at the fines handed out to a (fellow) P2P music sharer, KDub leads such a busy life, he'll never be short of blogging material.

John highlights a disturbing issue affecting the provision of food for homeless folk in Jacksonville. Bottom line, the haves need their heads banging against their overflowing larder doors.

A look at a growing trend where the lucky sods who cruise to Hawaii, are flying home under their own steam, thus depriving travel agents of the plane fare commission. It is tough at the top.

OS9 User continues to bring us breaking news, and made a prediction that came true - he would be featured in MBL Sunday this week! Any idea what's going to happen on Wall St on Tuesday?

Not many bloggers would translate their posts into the language of an interested new reader, but Rodrigo did just that with his Speak English in America post. I can now read it in English.

Scary is the keyword here. Spine tingling videos, games, adverts, in fact anything that makes you jump or go bump in the night in the middle of a nightmare. Bookmark for halloween and beyond

Link and Earn is a clever concept. When you win a contest, prize (or MyBlogLog Sunday review), mention it on your blog AND drop these guys a mini-post, to further brag about your achievement.

OK - MyBlogLog Sunday is over for another day.


Bloggers: if you call by next Sunday, feel free to leave a link to your best post of the week in the comments. That way, even if you don't end up being captured in the widget when I start blogging, at least you get to spread the word about your own blog.

So endeth the MyBlogLog Sunday posts for this week.

To make up for delivering last week's MyBlogLog Sunday incredibly late, this week I got up stupidly early and took my screenshot! It was a complete fluke by the way. Mrs Ed is away this weekend, so I am in bachelor mode until she returns tonight. Like all CSI and Law and Order fans, I fell asleep after the 6th consecutive episode, and woke up at 5.30a.m. to Goldie Hawn.

More frightening than Ms Hawn was the darkness of the dead of night outside. I haven't seen 5.30 in months and I don't wish to see it again, thanks very much. On the plus side I felt remarkably awake, so I thought I would do some blogging.

The 10 MyBlogLog bloggers who last visited this site are in the screenshot and for their troubles, they will each get a mini review later on today. The wit and juicy PR5 backlink prevail, plus a link to each MyBlogLog community and a stumble for the bloggers who leave a link to their own fave post of the week.

Contest
The 25th MBL Sunday birthday contest was a bit a flop, but I have come back with a new one that has nothing directly to do with MyBlogLog Sunday!!! Blog about any article in my super x-fruits mega RSS feed, (50 words will do), send me a link to the post, and the most amusing or engaging one will win a $39 memory card for their troubles. Ends October 14th, 2 entries already. Hurry, hurry..

Permalink is permanent
Today's mini review will stay on the homepage (PR5) all week and is instantly added to the archives for a permanent PR4 back link.

MyBlogLog Sunday info links

Be back later.

PS Since last week's first anniversary, I would like to announce that our second year of marriage has been going really well, thanks.