The Nature of Blogs

I have been engaged in blog contemplation for the last couple of days. Having thought for a while that I would like to indulge in the activity, and then having taken the plunge, now I am aware of a tiny band of readers to whom I would like to send an affectionate




before informing you (in the nicest possible way, of course) that I'm going to ignore you, because I'm not convinced that blogging should be a self-conscious exercise.