A lot of bloggers in the past couple weeks have expressed some fatigue with this whole business. They’ve either stopped reading the political blogs or felt that they had nothing new to say themselves. A few bloggers have been fighting amongst themselves jealous of the attention that others are getting from the media. A few bloggers have dropped off the radar all together.

Maybe I’ve been paying more attention to those posts, because my own energies have flagged lately. I’ve been more involved in the kids and arranging flagstones in the backyard rather than sitting in front of the laptop. The sun was out today, and the earth was warm and wet.

Bloggers, at least the political ones, need triumphs to keep up their momentum. There’s no money or glory in blogging, so bloggers must be fueled by something else. Like the gotcha moments when they snag major media in errors or bias.

Some have hypothesized that in the future blogging will be eaten up by big media, interest groups, or politicians. Professionals will take the place of the amateur.

I’m starting to see another fate for the blogosphere. It’s one where the personal blogs triumph. Those that write witty and small things about their cats and yoga classes and kids.

The political bloggers will tire of waiting around for an avalanche of hits and the perfect moment of finding the rare snafu. The personal bloggers always have new fodder for their blogs and have to invest less leg work in their posts. Also, I think blog readers will tire of reading the same opinion pieces over and over. If blog posts don’t differ much from stuff their can find on the op-ed page of New York Times or in commentary by the Fox news, then why bother? Readers who turn to the blogs during their lunch hour at work might be looking for a laugh or entertainment instead of redundant thought.

I’ll probably keep the political and personal balance here, but at the moment, I’m definitely tilting one way.