Concurring Opinions' A Day in the Life of a Blogger (via Ambivablog):

Wake up
Check email
Check blog – see if co-bloggers have posted anything and read comments to posts
Check site meter stats – see how many people visited and who’s linking to the blog
Check Technorati – see who’s linking to the blog
Check out blogs linking to the blog
Check The Truth Laid Bear – see the latest ranking of the blog
Check other blogs for ideas for blog posts
Check news sites for ideas for blog posts computer
Write blog post
Check email
Check blog
Check site meter

Repeat continuously and you have the vile thing known as blogging. You know what you've gotten yourself into when you stop writing based on your original interests and ideas and start writing based on getting hits. Typically, this involves throwing in random links to more evolved blogs in hopes of sucking a handful of visitors through the trackback.