All   -   LUCY. by Lucy.

 

Addiction   -   LIFE & TIMES OF A SOBER GIRL by just for today girl

 

Adult   -   Living and Dying in 5/4 Time by Captain Morgan

 

Alternative   -    LUCY'S LOONEY TUNES by Lucy.

 

Animals   -   Petgrounds with Lulublue by Lulublue 

 

Armed Forces   -   Never thought it was possible by melfyre  (this category looks like a lot of active servicemen who might like hearing from us and giving them our support)

 

Art   -   LaLePoP' by lalepop'

 

Babies/Pregnancy   -   Motherhood: The Lezzie Experience by Clickerzz

 

Board Games   -   its a fine day! by dude3683

 

Books   -   Life Changing Books & Quotations by Attitude-engineer

 

Broadcasting   -   Angel Radio Isle of Wight by Annie Angel   

 

Business   -    Heavens Gate by Sherri, Happily Married

 

Camping   -   Moving the R Ranch Forward by Paul

 

Card Games   -    Trying not to go BROKE by Kyle

 

Celebrities   -    Criss Angel Loyal Fans by LoyalKK

 

Children   -   Angel's Lullaby by Chells

 

Clubs   -    (This category has a few blogs, but none have posted in a while.)

 

Collectibles   -   Ex Rudis Jewelry by ExRudis

 

Computers   -   Z Web USA @ Blogstream by zwebusa

 

Construction   -   Woodworking Today by Iwood 

 

Cooking   -   Camp Janet's Culinary Delights by Janet

 

Current Events   -   Here's the latest... by Curious

 

Dancing   -   lets.dance by live.love.dance

 

Decorating   -   (sorry but the first four were companies advertising and the fifth was in Spanish ... lol ... which means if you like to decorate or you have something to say about decorating trends, you could start a blog in this category and with a dozen posts, a hundred comments and 200-300 visits, you could lead this category)

 

Democrats   -   The call of the soul by tintinlee

 

Doctor   -    Dental Fear/Anixety No More by Doc arthur

 

Environment   -   Critters by Britty by truebrit

 

Family   -   4 Kids I Must Be Nuts by Angie

 

Fan Site   -   Ricky Paulls Goldin Angel Fan site. by Harley,gush

 

Fashion   -   HiltonHeadIsland2007 by SueSchelble

 

Fiction Stories   -   a good writer but he prefers not to be mentioned so I will honor his wishes. 

 

Finance   -   Easy Money by Jessica Doll  

(this category had several bloggers listed before Easy Money but none of them had posted in over a year or they were advertisers ... again, what that means is that if you have some financial savvy, you could write a blog and lead this category also) 

 

Fitness   -   Motivate to Get in Shape by Sammy

 

Food   -   POTS AND PANS by Ruby13

 

Gambling   -   Mrs. Murdox by M_A_R_K_S_M_I_T_H

 

Genealogy   -   A JOURNEY TO THE PAST by Hoppin mad aunt

 

General Discussions   -   Life After The Hollow by Randy

 

Golden Years   -   Catradio by Ignatious 'O

 

Government   -   Whit's Whittlings by Whit's Whittlings

 

Health Care   -   Day in the Life of Dementia by AlzNurse929

 

Health   -   Byetta Users' Group by Greg77

 

History   -   American Timeline: 1800 to 1900 by Jim King

 

Hobbies   -   FLINTKNAPPING by extrememice

 

Holidays   -   (there are no new blogs ... Has anyone gone on a vacation in the past six months?  Here's your chance to tell us about it!  Pictures please!) 

 

Hot Topics   -   (the lead one had deactivated and some goof calling himself Lucifer came up second.  I draw the line at linking anyone to Lucifer!  lol ... That's one "hook up" I'd rather not do!)

 

How To   -   Francis The Howler Monkey by Francis The Howler Monkey

 

Industry   -   The World of MANUFACTURING by The Wiz

 

Infertility   -   The Conception Connection by MOM2B?

 

International   -   Gaza Dreaming by Dr.Mary

 

Internet   -   Blogstream Help by Pioneer

 

Jilted   -   Kat's World by kitkat87110 

 

Jokes & Humor   -   A good laugh is great medicine by Topaz

 

Liberals   -   davesdigs by davesdigs

 

Legal/Law   -   PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN!! by BIG DEAN

 

Life   -   Second Chances by Coloconnect

 

Love   -   INSIDE THE FLAME by ^BELLE^

 

Medical   -   A Dialysis Journey by Mandala

 

Men   -   Voice of One Black Man by Art M.

 

Music   -   Needs More Cowbell by SixxRoxx

 

Nature   -   My Life On The River by dixie

 

News   -   Articles by A. Wallace

 

Night Life   -   (this category is wide open also!  All you have to do is post 30 times, get more than 23 comments and more than 605 hits and you are in the top!  No one in this category has even posted in the past 20 weeks!)     

 

Non-Fiction Stories   -   Winds Of Change by VEGAS

 

Other   -   Bits and Pieces by gjwlegs

 

Parents   -   Journal Within by Abigail

 

Pets   -   Life with a service dog by Dog Lady

 

Photography   -   The River Rat by River Rat

 

Poetry   -   Texas and Beyond by RoieVanBib

 

Politics   -   The Outlander by TheOutlander

 

Computer Programs   -   (this category is also wide open!  All you have to do is post 6 times, get more than 1 comments and more than 125 hits and you are in the top!  Nothing in this category is newer 20 weeks!)

 

Public Interest   -   The Sword of Justice & Other Stuff by The Valkyrie

 

Recipes   -   (there are only 4 blogs in this category with no post newer than 6 months ago!  All you would need is 7 posts, 10 comments and 100 visitors to shine really fast!  Can you cook?  Do you have recipes you would like to share?)

 

Radio   -   The Rock-it Radio Blog by Rock-it Radio

 

Random Thoughts   -   The Dog House by Biggie T

 

Real Estate   -   (every blog is advertising) 

 

Reality TV   -   (this was Pretty Rubble's category before she deactivated ... again, if you want to shine fast, do a reality tv blog!) 

 

Relationships   -   My Guide to Loving Relationships by Theophileous

 

Religion   -   Theology for Dummies by Thomisticguy

Republicans   -   Average Joe by JoeVet

 

Singing   -   For Those With Dreams by Hollywood

 

Schools   -   AP Bio Wonderland by GardnerScience 

I think this is an actual classroom ... this blog interested me more:  

Urban Educator by Urban Educator

 

Science Fiction   -   my rich inner life by annie roses

 

Space   -   Marc's other blog actually lead this category but I couldn't resist sending you to this "space" - You Know the Facts but Can You See? by Marc Rules in Contrast

 

Special Interests   -   Big Island Paradise Life by Gecko

 

Sports   -   The Armchair Quarterback by The Armchair Quarterback

 

Stock Market   -   (all advertising)

 

Tattoos   -   dirty lil secret by chi chi

 

Teenagers   -   life in my world by musicluver92

 

Therapy   -   Cleaning Out My Closet by Angie

 

Travel   -   LE FABULEUX DESTIN DE MADAME by MADAME

 

Trivia   -   Trivia Why's by Trivia Why's Guy

 

TV Shows   -   (in this category, everything was really old or really new.  The MOST active blog hasn't posted for 60 weeks.  She had 29 posts, 30 comments, and 361 visitors)

 

Video Games   -   My Final Fantasy by Adam_Warlock_2099

 

Women   -   Lamb be Suz by Suz37

 

Work   -   (not much here but advertising)

 

Writing   -   young broke and republican by r.e.knowltoniii

this category interests me because we are all writers or learning to be better writers.  I think I'd like to check out some of the others in this category.  Maybe, you would like to also?
 

Private Time Reflections
http://creativekeystrokes.blogstream.com

 

Exhaling
http://lostbabygirl.blogstream.com

Pagans don't wear sandals!
http://thewaythingsare.blogstream.com

 

Beyond the Dawn
http://shortales.blogstream.com

 

isotopic gene pool error
http://purplefly.blogstream.com

 

Don't Laugh, It Just Encourages Him
http://wildpiguk.blogstream.com

 

Caillebotte's Oranges
http://whitebuildings.blogstream.com

 

Dancing on the Edge of the Volcano
http://breathless.blogstream.com

 

Writing pacts
http://pinkyswear.blogstream.com

 

Heavens And Hells
http://randymusic420.blogstream.com

 

Autobiography: Your stories
http://autobiography.blogstream.com

 

Alabama Gothic
http://hollowblog2.blogstream.com

Gypsy Soul
http://interestingslant.blogstream.com

 

Kozy's Korner
http://kozyswritings.blogstream.com

 

Poetry.
http://goodtimesbadtimes.blogstream.com

Blessingham
http://cjprince.blogstream.com

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