I'm going to try a new approach for today's drive-bys. Instead of building the article up all day and releasing it all at once, I'm going to add links progressively. As each drive-by is completed, and I have a link to publish, I'll update this article and save it. Who knows? I might actually like doing it this way!

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Thilak from BlogTalks asked an interesting question: What if FeedBurner starts charging? I didn't answer his question because I'm sure there are other services out there that work just as well as FeedBurner. I haven't looked for any yet, but I'm sure I could find at least one.

Adnan at Blogtrepreneur bragged (with every right to do so) about finally attaining a Google PageRank of 5. He pointed the way to a page where you can check your pagerank updates across all of Google's datacenters. I found another one last night via SmartWealthyRich when Jonathan-C. Phillips pointed the way via Nate Whitehill dot Com. No, I won't make you go chase the links down. The two pages where you can check your pagerank are RankAlert and Live PageRank. These are NOT predictions; these are actual changes taking place right now. By the way, mine is finally moving from 3 to 4!

Justin of The Sanctuary named his blogger of the week: Dying mans daily journal. I just read through a few pages. For lack of a better word, his perspective is "unique".

As if I don't get enough of my weekly fill of Clark Kent/Superman by watching Smallville, Tim and Ernie at Blue Beaver Bear had to go dig up stories from other places. There's more there than just that and I dare you to read it!

I love it when someone links to my blog for whatever reason they have for doing so. Why, just a few minutes ago Chris at Anything and Everything did me the honor. A few hours ago, Kelly Cho at Catch a Falling Star included me in her "I Feed Read You Train". I am truly honored. I'd better stop looking at my Technorati updates or I might end up mentioning more than 100 blogs before I'm through and I just don't have that kind of time today.

Apparently Crystal at Boobs, Injuries and Dr. Pepper really wants to win as the Best Humor Blog. I just checked and she's in the lead.

Ray at Bookstuff did a book review of the Deathstalker series. It's been a long time since I've read a book (almost two years). If I had the ability to get them, I would get these books. They look like they would take me a long time to read. Maybe I'll get them eventually as electronic books.

Mr. Tickles at Burned By The Man wrote a long rant against ALL cell phone users. Don't go there unless foul language doesn't bother you. I found it hilarious and it added to the emotion of the rant.

Samundra at Chewan Samundra Thulung posted a rant again remixed songs being done by rappers in Nepal. I'm with him on this one. Nothing turns my stomach quicker that to hear a rap-infested remake of a hit song. Does "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" ring a bell? Yuck!

Charmell at CoachChar.com wrote about her efforts to rise earlier in the morning and "front-load" her day. I have to smile because I did that for 20 years in the military!

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That is enough for today. After feeling the increased desire to gouge my eyes out because of some extremely awful web design and overly bright and colorful pages, I was finding it more and more difficult to move forward. I'll be doing this again the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow is a holiday for me and many bloggers around the world.