Well, it happened. I managed to get myself so far into the weeds that I couldn’t find my way out in time to get the New Blog Carnival up on Monday as originally scheduled. My sincere apologies to the host, Pet of Pet’s Garden Blog, and to all the new bloggers who submitted entries.

As it happens, blogs are a lot like weeds. They spring up by the thousands, grow in every possible niche and take a variety of interesting forms, shapes, colors and personalities. Given time to grow, some stay small, while others take a look at some of the new and interesting weeds I found when I came to my senses and started looking through the entries for this edition of the carnival:

Like weeds, pets quickly move in and take over whatever yard, home or other space they happen to find. Our friends at The Pet Haven have interesting “Pet Ownership Statistics” demonstrating theimportant and widespread roles pets playin the average American household.

Weeds and blogs share an interest in rapid propagation. The Beef Jerky Blog offers three “Ways to Increase Your Blog Traffic” intended to helpbloggers spreadseedlings far and wide.

Riding With Rickey’s “Rickey Reviews Transformers” takes today’s “golden thistle” award for Best Movie Review Of a Movie I Liked That Agreed With My Personal Review and Opinion. Or something like that. Rickey liked Transformers for the same reasons I did, and I agree that anyone expecting ephemeral commentary on reality from a Michael Bay film involving giant alien robots probably definitely needs his or her head examined. Language Warning for a couple of words that don’t meet the usual link requirements here at TRY, but otherwise a good read.

Weeds sprout and ideas hatch. At least, they do at HatchThat.com, a blog dedicated to entrepreneurial conversation. Sprouting this week: an interview with Dan McComb from Biznik.com

Edith Yeung offers important advice on “12 Things You Must Do After You Quit Your Job” – just in case you want depart from the behavior of your weedy counterparts andsurrender yourposition in the proverbial landscape.

Not all weeds do harm. Some improve the soil and advance the growth ofsurrounding plants. The Kill Bigotry blog offers a post on “Starbury and Sarah: American Retail Revolutionaries” detailing two celebrities’ recent efforts to improve the cultural landscape.

We cannot know the mindset of the weed (probably because weeds don’t have minds to set) but we can learn “The Mindset of a Rookie Blogger” from Joefiro.com.

Stocks come and go like mushrooms – a thousand spring up after a rain, but only the truly sturdy varieties can survive the dry spell that may follow. Learning to tell them apartcan be tricky, but the Self Investors blog is trying to help small investors learn the difference with entries like “Trade of the Day.”

Astroversy’s entry “Explained: The Big Bang and The Universe” offers an opinion on the origin of weeds…and everything else.

Weeds are tremendous – and shameless – opportunists, cropping up wherever sunshine, water and a few inches of free space permit. The Mortgage Blog admits to similarly opportunistic behavior inasking (and answering): “Can Harry Potter Clear Our Mortgage?”

Those are our offerings for today. Click through and enjoy the weeds – the view is nice and the company doesn’t talk back. If you’ve got a new blog (less than three months old) come join us here in the weeds! Just stop by the Blog Carnival website and submit an entry for inclusion in the next edition of the New Blog Carnival, appearing at Pet’s Garden Blog on Monday August 6. Hope to see you there!

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