Then my phone pinged to inform me I had new mail, this post.

I woke up for that!

I’ve written before how, when you have been blog reading or writing for a while, the same themes reoccur. What can be amazing about them, if you take the time to read them, is the are often all relevant, each with something of value for the reader, whether they are historic or contemporary posts.

I didn’t have to click on a few of those links, your posts, your original linkage to the posts and the posts themselves are still familiar years later (although it was great to be reminded of Daniel’s blog – even better that it is still active).

What is it they say about referrals and how much more attention we pay to them than simple ads for the same “product”? It isn’t just the end post that has stuck in my mind, it is the source (in this case you), but the chain, the referral and destination.

Would I read a Priest blog (even EP or PP), without a referral?
Would I read a Hunter blog (even the much loved BRK) without a referral?
Would I read a Druid blog without a referral? (OK, maybe yours)
I wouldn’t even read a Mage or PvP blog without a referral!

When someone I love to read refers me to someone they love to read, well without going into the lover of my lover business again, I am pretty sure it is worth my time to go have a read.

As for that secret network of Mage communication, I think Gaz changed the frequency to thwart all the Mage hunters… but no matter if or where those Mage forums exist, your post will live on in my memory long after you delete the post.

I know sometimes we bloggers descend into posts that verge on the unreadable for readers, are designed more for our fellow bloggers, but they fertilize our WoW sodden brains and enable us to continue writing, to continue the banter that crosses class boundaries, world boundaries, even on occasion game boundaries.

Thanks for the link love, not to me so much, but your other loved blogs… I now feel compelled to read.