What does a gnome do with a lot of time on his hands? Well, he writes of course. And what does that gnome do when he gets his own blog? He writes about writing! Tannagh.com follows TechGnome’s forray into the writer’s den. No page is left unturned, it’s all there in its greusome glory. Starting Nov 1, follow along as TG takes a gut-wrenching, life-altering journey through the perenial self-inflicted tourture known as National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).

And while there, be sure to check out his older writings, short stories, poems and other humor pieces as well.

This blog has commentary about the interaction between Christians and civil government, particularly in the U.S. The most recent post comes out of the recent debate concerning how evolution should be taught in public schools and whether intelligent design should even be mentioned. The post is titled “Dinosaurs and People Living Together.” Don’t dismiss the possibility that dinosaurs and people lived together until you read more about it.

Google Base is destined to launch soon and change the social market web as we know it. With classifieds, user reviews, real estate and possibly auctions - Google is laying the foundation of a STRONG network and the future of Google. Search Engine Journal looks at Google Base.

Here’s the Public Enemy song which has been playing in my head ever since reading that Google was calling their new offering “Base” (Baseheads, Freebase… very New Jack, Flava Flav before he had biscuits on his viking helmet) :

Google Base in your face, Not an eight track, Gettin’ it good to the wood, So the people, Give you some a dat, Reactin’ to the fax, That I kick and it stick, And it stay around, Pointin’ to the joint, Put the Buddha down!!

Yahoo integrated Yahoo Blog Search into its Yahoo News results weeks ago, but has not introduced an independent blog search product outisde of its Yahoo News listings. Here’s a release about Yahoo possibly licensing its blog search technology to third parties and the Bingo Bango software blogging client.

Percent Savings is a blog which finds the most current coupon codes, sales, bargains, and price drops for 100s of online stores. They also find the occasional printable coupon.

The most current offers are listed on the front page, but if you’re looking for a particular store, you can use the search feature. You’ll also find a long list of categories if you’re looking for offers for a particular type of store.

Giving it a sense of a community blog, Percent Savings also lets readers post coupons and sales that they have found online.