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Blog: Blog Title with an Embedded Link
Author: Bloggy B. Bloggerson
A little info about the author: Bloggy is 20 years old. He is a currently unemployed Broadway actor. He is single and has 3 cats, Tig, Tag, and Tig-Tag, about whom the blog is mostly written.
3 words that describe this blog: Quirky, Snarky, Catty

Here is a quoted sample of the blog, taken from a post that I enjoyed. It exemplifies the awesomeness that is their blog. It gives you a little taste of how they write, and is properly attributed and links back  to...

-The Exact Post Quoted 

Why I Like it:  Then I will just go on and on about why this blog is so funny or inspiring or beautiful or whatever I think that it is.  By the way, sorry to disappoint you, but Bloggy B. Bloggerson does not exist.  He is NOT the first one to be reviewed. I already know who that will be, as they inspired my name, but I sort of want to finish the WHOLE BLOG, year in, year out before reviewing it. I don't know that that will ALWAYS be my policy, but I am starting like that.  So you way be waiting a bit for the first review. Because I am still back in this blogger's spring 2010 posts. Here we go. ADVENTUUUUUUUURE!!!!

About Me

When someone recommends a movie to me, it really depends on the person doing the recommending as to whether I will watch that movie.  If it is one of my friends, or my little brother, I will be all "yes! Let's do this thing!" and possibly even go to a midnight showing while dressed up in a silly costume if the situation warrants it.

If my dad recommends it, I will probably get online and ask those same friends or just skip it all together.  My dad really liked Barbershop 2.  He doesn't like Muppets... but Avatar "changed [his] life," whereas I thought it was impressive eye-candy.

My point is, in order for a recommendation to mean something, you have to know SOMETHING about the person doing the review.  So, here is the low-down on me...

I am a 32 year old girl living in Utah, currently in her parents' basement, because I am dealing with about a thousand medical issues and have no money.  I have no money because my 3 jobs earn pennies... but I love every one.  I work in the education department for Thanksgiving Point Institute in Lehi, Utah, mostly running the Tales for Tots program right now. Basically, I tell stories for a living. (I just started a blog about THAT here.)  I also started a very small company doing education birthday parties and classes with my exotic pets. It's called Critters 2 Go.  I also write an Exotic Pets column for the Salt Lake Examiner. Less bloggy and more about sugar gliders, reptiles, etc.

I have sugar gliders, a chinchilla, a bearded dragon, a tortoise, a turtle, leopard geckos, hermit crabs, a frog, Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, fish, a couple feral cats, and whatever strays and fosters seem to wander into my life for a time.

I also have diabetes, depression, Fibromyalgia, Gastroparesis, chronic migraines, and a bunch of other stuff. That is considerably less fun than the sugar gliders and other critters!

I am currently single.  I am Mormon, but I am not offended by hilarious blogs with a liberal seasoning of curse words.  I may not say them myself, but I am a closet member of "Club F***ery" for sure.  But don't worry, I will make sure to put a "rating" for all the blogs I review so that those offended by stuff like that won't stumble anywhere they don't want to go.

Things I find funny: Kid History, Monty Python, The Man Who Knew Too Little, Toy Story 3, 3 Amigos, Hyperbole and a Half, Brian Regan, boobs and poop, xkcd, and Natalie Dee.

If you have an overwhelming desire to know infinitely MORE about me, you can read MY blog, about my life, with the warning that it isn't an awesome one like the kind I review.  It's just the stuff going on in my life, mostly only my friends and family care about that.  It has a lot to do with animals, kids, poop, depression, and books.  Also, sometimes zombies.... or random hilarity on YouTube... and occasionally quilling.  It is Life of a Crazy Cat Lady (sans cats).

If you want to know more about me, ask here. I will answer here.

FAQs

Q:  What is the purpose of this blog?
A:  To review other blogs and expose people to the awesomeness of those blogs.

Q:  Doesn't that assume people are actually reading YOUR blog?
A: SHADUP.

Q:  How do I get reviewed?
A:  Like this.

Q: What does the name "Bloggabetes" even mean?
A: This.

Q: Is that girl at the top you?
A: Well, I wear glasses.

Q:  Are these questions REALLY "frequently asked?"
A:  They... COULD... be?

Q: Why do you spell FAQs "FAQs" instead of "FAQ's" as some do?
A: Because the Questions don't possesses anything.  Actually, I debated just saying FAQ, because I would assume Q stands for Questions not Question because most FAQs files include more than one question, but I relented.  Is it sad that this is the longest answer in the list?

A: Yes, it is sad.

"I Want to Go to There"

Ohhhh... you want one. You know you do. You want to be reviewed, you want to be read, you want fame (sort of) and fortune (not really) and to be able to post this badge on the side of your blog. Or the bottom. Or some special page where you keep all the awards and badges people give you for blog amazingness.

So, you want to submit a blog for consideration, whether yours or one you read and love.  Yes, I might review it if you just comment in the comments section. But if you really want a response and a good review I suggest sending me:

1. The address. That's a given.
2. A link to your favorite post.  While I like to read the WHOLE blog, year in, year out, before reviewing... that might not always be an option.  So tell me where the best stuff is.
3. Some info about yourself. Your real name, if you want that to be shared, but you don't have to. But basic bio stuff is good.
4. $20 to my Paypal.
5. I'm totally kidding about #4.
6. But if you want to give me any amount of money, I totally would not say no... unless you are a "Nigerian Barrister" or something.

Humble(?) Beginings and Bloggabetes

I love to read. I always have a book in my purse, one on my nightstand, etc. But books aren't all. I get obsessed with blogs. When I find a blog, I don't just start at the current post and start reading along. I start from their inception so that I don't miss anything.  I read every "page" from day one. 

One day I was talking about blogs (via Facebook. Yes, I'm a nerd) and mentioning that I was enjoying a few a lot and wished that I could review them like I do books on Goodreads (or children's books and crafts like I do on my story time blog, The Story Gnome's Home) .  My friend Steph suggested I just blog about blogs.  An idea was born... okay, more than idea. I got a little obsessed.  So here we are.

The format?  A review. Some are funny, some are inspiring... okay, most are funny. I like to be entertained.  I'll give you some indication of the "rating" (some blogs are INCREDIBLY funny, but have rather mature themes for some readers.). I'll review some that are already famous (and I am kicking myself for only recently discovering) and some that are not so famous, but freaking should be.

So, why "Bloggabetes?"  It comes from one of those already famous (for very good reason. She is awesome) bloggers, Allie Bosh, of Hyperbole and Half. In the post, Twitter is Dead to Me. So I Gave it twAIDS, Allie is talking about all the stupid "twiffinitions" Twitter does.

"Twitterholic: 'Twitter alcoholic' or 'Twitterer who is like an alcoholic, only instead of alcohol, they are addicted to tweeting' which is is not a real disorder and actually undermines the legitimacy of alcoholism by mere association.  It's like saying 'Haha, I'm a twitterbetic and I need to tweet regularly or else I'll have a tweizure!'"  

It is awesomeness like that that I want to promote.  And, besides. I AM Blogga... I mean DIAbetic , so I can joke about that kind of thing with wild and chubby abandon!