PSoTD

It's pretty widespread - the end of the race for the Democratic nomination for President has shown a dropoff in political blog visits in a lot of places. This is from TalkLeft.

Some posts to read:

Crummy Congressional DINOs should be nervous - bloggers are focusing on you. Time to say goodnight.

The Hummer brand might be discontinued. Has there been an economic result more due - more justified - than that?

What to read on a 28-hour plane trip?

What kind of a 1930's spouse are you? Apparently I am

70 As a 1930s husband, I am Superior Take the test!

Pollywogs! has a great post about camping out with a canoe on the Susquehanna.

Tax rebate blips, about to be overwhelmed.

Believe me, Disney has more inane programming than Hannah Montana. Does anyone proudly proclaim they write for "The Suite Life of Zach & Cody"?

I see she's returned to more active blogging. Good for her.

You can keep track of news about China's investment in various African countries at China Investing News.

I'm all for psuedonyms amongst bloggers and commenters - particularly if one stands behind that name for all of their blogging. I'm not a fan of the hit-and-run commenter that doesn't have the fortitude to provide SOME sort of reference as to who they are or what they have said in the past.

Having said that, I don't quite understand why people pick common movie characters as their pseudonym - or more specifically, why they use a photo of that character as their icon. I saw a comment, complete with photo, by some commenter named Severus the other day, after Severus Snape of Harry Potter fame.

Just one question: why use a character photo? I just don't get it. What does it really add?

That you may have missed:

Could this be the end of the banana? Is the fruit actually going to act like itself, and like split?

"Everyone should make an effort to listen to / speak with their congressional representative at least once a year. Townhall meetings are the method I would recommend. For those who prefer a digital method, or perhaps want to connect with lawmakers in a more distant district, there are two new ways of doing so."

Airplane seat cameras - this idea boggles the mind. When will we have the mind reading sensors ready?

The earthquake damage in China is overwhelming to look at.

Blog posts titled like this are just meant to be linked: Spores Gone Wild.

More restaurant closings in the Harrisburg/West Shore area. I'm sure that in today's economy, there will be more news like this, but this was a foreseeable event for Dorado's - driving by the place, you could actually see the parked car traffic dropping over time.