Ever hear of Meet Ups? They are clubs/social groups who form from people who sign onto Meetup.com to find each other based on hobbies/interests/passions/current causes and all kinds of nutty things. The only way I’ve used Meet Ups so far is to find other knitters in my city of residence and get together with them. It works really well. I moved to Burlington in November and started the Burlington Knitters’ Pub Night using this method. I have about 22 knitters signed up. We’ve been going strong since then. What strikes me are the odd groups that form — some people would say knitting is odd. But what is even freakier is the list of the most popular topics and/or clubs that people join and the list of growing topics. I’ve highlighted a few, but you can find them all, and stranger ones at: Meetup.com.

Check them out:

Popular Topics
* Atheists
* Beppe Grillo
* Book Club
* Chihuahua
* Democratic Party
* Dungeons & Dragons
* Entrepreneur
* French Language
* Ghost Tracking
* Investor’s Business Daily
* Italian Language
* Japanese Language and Culture
* Knitting
* Moms
* New In Town
* Pagan
* Poker
* Pug
* Ron Paul 2008
* Scrapbooking
* Spanish Language
* Stay At Home Moms
* Travel
* Witches
* Writers

And here is the list of Growing Topics…enjoy!
Growing Topics

* Aesthetic Nurse
* Anti-Police Misconduct
* Any Woman For Peace
* Badnarik for Congress
* Capitalist Party
* Community Salvage
* Craigslist
* Crop Circles
* Espionage
* Freecycle
* Friendster
* Furniture Refinishing
* Geology
* Gifted Children
* Indian Point
* Joyce Meyer Ministries
* Mix Making
* Monty Python
* Neal Boortz Radio Show
* Newt Gingrich
* Psychopathic Records
* Red Hat Society
* Rush Limbaugh
* Savage Nation
* Web Comics