The sun is shining and the birds are singing. Spring is here! That doesn’t mean that you’re going to neglect the blogosphere, now are you? Let’s see what people had to say to this week.

Mr. Gary Lee has been involved in a number of link trains in his day, but his latest scheme is actually a lot more altruistic. He describes 20 ways to pay it forward offline. Have you done your good deed today? Maybe you should blog or tweet about it.

John Cow has become somewhat of an Internet celebrity, so he’s begun to wonder what other superstar bloggers would be doing if there was no such thing as the world wide web. Where would Shoemoney be? What would Problogger do? What would become of the dot com lifestyle of John Chow?

Chris Bibey is certainly glad to be a freelance writer, but he also knows that there are drawbacks to freelance writing as well. No career is free from its shortcomings and freelancing is no exception.

Bob Buskirk used to be pretty unhealthy, sitting in from his computer all day, slamming down Mountain Dews like they were nothing. These days, he is trying to live a healthier lifestyle by joining the gym, cutting back on the caffeine, and eliminating fast food from his diet altogether.

Derek Semmler of The Man Page, despite being a rather outspoken blogger, is actually quite the shy person. He’s made huge strides SOBCon08, though, where he managed to step out of his comfort zone and meet some rather terrific people.