I love BlogSnob. It’s that box to the left where there’s a different link and catch-phrase each time you pull up my page. Basically it’s a database of hundreds of blogs, and you put the random link script on your own page in return for the boon of being part of the mass of random blogs which can appear on someone else’s page in a similar link box. Increases exposure, traffic, and incites cool networking.

Anyway, I’ve discovered a couple of really fantastic blogs this way, but the last one tops ’em all. Check out Shakespeare Spun, a blog maintained by Clara, a.k.a. Poppy (bonus points to the theatrical types who know where the nickname is from!), a Bard-inclined sixteen-year-old who reminds me way, way too much of myself. Except I didn’t direct at sixteen. Heck, still haven’t; it’s just not one of my Things To Do Before I Die. Anyway, Clara’s one of those people I’d love to sit down with in a small coffee shop with a pile of books and our laptops, chat for a while, read a bit, write a bit, get a fresh cappuccino, chat…

The Internet holds so much crap, so much superficial trivia, very little in-depth information, and the souls of bloggers bared like diamonds in the rough for people to stumble across. Clara revives my hopes for the future.