What I love most about blogging is how it brings people together from all over Earth. We are all much more alike than we are different. This past week has been painful and spiritually draining, mostly because I see and understand the world’s problems – I sometimes wish I didn’t. I believe that many things like race, religion, politics, patriotism, class, nationalism and many other forms of separatist identification destroy relationships between people in many ways. All these things are as irrelevant as the brand of clothes we wear when compared to our need for each other. We are powerfully interconnected and blogging makes the world so much smaller.
I’ve often thought that the only way people will come together would be if Earth came under attack by aliens from outer space. If the people of Earth faced such a situation, we would come together as one, overlooking foolish differences. We could find that love, which seems to be missing in this world. I see blogging as the most powerful form of communication for us all. I choose to blog because I believe it does bring us all together. While our governments fight, terrorism grows and wars are waged, people in every country are becoming friends; that is powerful, beautiful and majestic.
I say rise above your beliefs and love all people. Try hard to not label others. Love is and will always be the answer to all the worlds problems – not bombs, guns and totalitarian government control (which is exactly where America is headed). The masses of normal people have absolutely no idea how powerful they are and how much impact they can personally have. Take action and do something great for someone in need or for this world:)
Peace and love,
Bobby Revell
Remember that giving is the best part of blogging! Here are this weeks links:
Zeitgeist The Movie – One of the most important films ever made. Take two hours and watch it – it’s free. I mentioned it before, but will keep reminding people to see it. It exposes the myth of 9-11 and the financial institutions of the world. It is extraordinary, powerfully riveting and extremely important to see. It may help wake you up to something you have never seen before. Please watch it, I beg you!
Vaguetarian Tea Room – My very good friend Teeni has moved from her old wordpress.com address to her brand spanking new domain! I am very excited for her because I know how great it is to own your own site and be your own webmaster. To be a real friend, I will go through my older posts where I linked to her and correct each url. Congratulations Teeni, you new blog looks fantastic!
Rubeina, my very first friend from Mauritius! She has a fairly new blog with some great articles – be sure to pay her a visit. She is very intelligent, friendly and an aspiring young guitarist…yay! I found two fine articles from her I wanted to mention here:
- 5 Firefox Add-ons to make Directory Submissions faster – A very cool breakdown of useful Firefox addons, check em out!
- Defensive Mode – A wonderful post explaining how she feels about working in the corporate world as opposed to really going for your dreams. I really feel connected to her sentiment because I think similarly. I got a lot of bad advice while in high school and made many mistakes. I list a related post below:
Jobs and Careers: My Journey to Happiness – This is one of my favorite posts written by me. It explains what happened to me when I went to work for a huge corporation as a guitar designer/builder. No matter how hard I worked, I was nobody and would have remained nobody as long as I worked there. It’s a heartbreaking post about how my life was almost destroyed because of corporate politics.
I made another new friend, Catatonic Kid from Australia. She is a brilliant and philosophical writer with much insight into life’s dilemmas. I found two posts I wanted to link to here that are important to read:
- The Walls We Build: Fighting terrorism or fighting fear? – A well stated and eloquent piece about our perception of terrorism. She mentions something many of us have forgotten: other wars have been started against unseen or unidentifiable enemies even before 9-11. This is a great article.
- Roadkill Kippers and Karmic Reward: How to say ‘takecare’ and mean it. – I have suffered from severe depression for years but finally have a handle on it. This post is powerful, meaningful and has a great message about reaching out to others.
Create Your Own Graffiti – I thought someone had kidnapped my good friend the Brown Baron, but he has been putting up a few posts, and this one is very cool. This is one blogger I have missed like crazy. I hope all is well Baron:)
My Purrfect Phoebe! – My friend Marzie has put up the cutest pictures of her Persian kitty yet! If you are looking for a smile and some uplifting cheer, take a look at Phoebe – she is unbelievably precious. The popularity of Marzie’s blog has exploded and is almost intimidating, but she is so friendly and caring it is truly astonishing – something very special and magical indeed!
Blogspot Template – Looking for a cool new template for your blogspot blog? These are some of the best I’ve seen. They have everything including 2 and 3 column and fresh wordpress like themes. They look great!
I wanted to give a special shout out to a few friends I don’t mention enough but deserve some very special limelight:
Bobo – Thanks for talking to me so much when I have been down, it means so much to me:)
Jamilla – I am so proud to win your contest, you are a true friend and lift my spirits so much:)
Zubli – Thanks so much for being a great friend. You’ve been through some extremely difficult hurdles, but you know your real friends are behind you always:)
I have so many people to thank, it will require an extensive post I am already working on – I hope to have it up soon:)
The awesome picture is from LI Biz Blog – Fix it: Energy




#1 by Catatonic Kid at April 27th, 2008
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Thanks so much for sharing the ‘BLove’, Bobby =)
It’s a new ‘word’ I learned recently from Sister Sassy. It means blog love, and I’d say it’s v. similar in sentiment what you’re saying about love/connection here.
Have a good one,
CK
Catatonic Kid’s last blog post..Ye Olde Satire Sunday
#2 by teeni at April 27th, 2008
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Oops – I don’t know if I hit the “Add Comment” button or deleted my message because I jostled my table! Oh well, I trust you to delete if I commented twice by accident.
You are just the sweetest, Bobby. Thank you so much for your shout out and for going above and beyond my going back and changing older links. I don’t think I’ve met anyone as sweet and thoughtful as you are. I am definitely going to check out that movie Zeitgeist. And I like the Brown Baron too.
I enjoy checking out as many of your “batch” blog links as I can.
teeni’s last blog post..Im Outta Here!
#3 by Genie Princess at April 27th, 2008
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Bobby!!! Ha ha ha…my blog’s popularity has exploded and is almost intimidating it seems! No la he he… and of course I will not forget all my old friends even now! I will always remember and cherish my first few MBL buddies and you know you are on top of that list together with Zubli, Mike etc… Love ya Bobby, thanks for the linky love. Phoebe is looking even fluffier today since she just had her Diva bath yesterday. She is smelling so sweet I bet you’d love to hug and squeeze her silly he he he!!
Genie Princess’s last blog post..My Purrfect Phoebe!
#4 by Haney at April 28th, 2008
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I wish I could have more time to spread the love through blogging. But I have alot of catching up to do with reality work.
Haney’s last blog post..Shoutmix Removed
#5 by Genie Princess at April 28th, 2008
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Hi Bobby! I was over at Emila’s and saw ur scary EC at her place, so of course I had to click my way here and give u some comment love! What u up to Bobby?
Genie Princess’s last blog post..For a Little Spark!
#6 by Melissa Q at April 28th, 2008
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I really dont know how exactly I ended up finding this blog, but I’m glad I did. It is very interesting and VERY VERY true. Keep up the great work! I will be sure to bookmark so I can find my way back.
#7 by rubeina at April 29th, 2008
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Hey Bobby, it’s nice to see other people thinking same way as me
I read your article “My journey to happiness” very nice read, I bookmarked it on stumble. I really like this part “have finally come to the answer I wish I had known 15 years ago. I want to work for myself. I am working on several things now that make me happy.”
Thanks for the linky love
rubeina’s last blog post..The New Alexa Rankings
#8 by Ellen at May 1st, 2008
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Hi Bobby,
you’re so right. Internet and blogging has the power to join people all over the world with the same view points. To come together, join forces and make a positive contribution together..
But also, it gives us the opportunity to exchange view points with people that we wouldn’t come across in ‘real life’.
Thanks so much for sharing your giving and positive thoughts!
Ellen
Ellen’s last blog post..Bloggers Uniting for Human Rights
#9 by Madhur Kapoor at May 1st, 2008
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You have hit the nail on the head Bobby. Through blogging i have made a lot of friends from all around the world.
Madhur Kapoor’s last blog post..Demonoid is back online
#10 by Revellian at April 27th, 2008
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You are very welcome! You have a great blog and I will definitely be reading. I hope I send some new readers your way also…have a great day!
#11 by Revellian at April 28th, 2008
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You’re very welcome Teeni! I really was surprised to see your new domain, it’s so cool! I can’t wait to read the story I added to, it will be interesting to see how it turns out!
#12 by Revellian at April 28th, 2008
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You’re welcome Marzie, she is a beautiful kitty! Your blog has gained popularity. I think your top commentators widget has Zubli and others fighting hard for the top spot…hahaha
#13 by Revellian at April 28th, 2008
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The reason I do this post is because a link to an individual article is much more valuable than a hundred to your homepage, and it’s a great way to support other people’s work
#14 by Revellian at April 28th, 2008
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Is it scary?
Hahaha…I really need to change it right? Thanks Marzie!
#15 by Revellian at April 29th, 2008
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Thanks Melissa, it’s great to have you here…welcome!
#16 by Revellian at April 29th, 2008
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You’re so welcome for the links Ruby
I believe you can achieve and accomplish any dream you have if you work hard and never give up. No matter how many setbacks happen, it can be done. It was very difficult to leave my dream job, but with all the greed and bosses being so cruel, it made my decision much easier. I still have many dreams and am working on those now. Thanks so much for the stumble and for reading that post, I’m so happy you liked it!
#17 by Revellian at May 4th, 2008
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Thanks Ellen! It’s the main reason I blog. Maybe I’m just a sap hearted liberal, but I do what I think is important
#18 by Revellian at May 4th, 2008
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Thanks Madhur! It really is incredible. It enabled me to me a great person like you