Stark,
Yeah, that's kind of the general opinion I came to find in various forums, links, etc. I don't interlink really, aside from a few outbounds from my TGPs to the blogs, but never blog <-> blog. I was just afraid of getting a negative rank or it having a negative impact if I put like 3-4 blogs on 1 IP. Another thing people have been cramming in my ear is "don't get sandboxed". I've seen this term used so loosely in different context that I'm starting to wonder what the "real" definition of being sandboxed is, and what would cause it to happen to me or anyone. Thanks for your input.
-JM