Archive for May, 2008

My picks for emerging influential blogs

Photo by: Nils Geylen
Influential Blogger is running an interesting group writing project that identifies new and emerging blogs. These are blogs that are “gradually gaining a considerable amount of readership and influence.” I’ve had the honor of being nominated a few times, and wanted to join in and share my nominations:

Moolanomy – Pinyo, [...]

The Friday gathering for 5/30/2008

Photo by: ?ick Harris
Looking at my subscriber numbers this week, I finally crossed the 1500 subscriber threshold. All I can say is wow! and thank you! I continue to be amazed at how many of you read Gather Little by Little on a daily basis. Based on the number of encouraging emails [...]

Consumer spending on pets is at record levels

According to Pet Age magazine, total pet spending was 41.2 billion dollars in 2007 up from 38.4 billion in 2006. The American Pet Products Manufacturers (APPMA) predicts a 5.6 percent increase over 2007 spending for 2008 resulting in a prediction of $43.4 billion.
Attributing to this grow is a combination of things including:

More baby boomer’s [...]