NEW & RECURRING FEATURE: As a relatively new blogger, it seems appropriate to answer this question: Why blog? I suspect my readers are curious, and I know I'm even wondering why I'm doing it. My intitial instinct was to try and write a "Why I Blog" essay. Eventually, perhaps that's what I'll do. But for now I'm going to start adding occasional "Why I Blog" posts here and there, and I suspect over time they'll add up to a longer piece. So:

WHY I BLOG #1: Because it keeps me from forwarding too many articles and photos and other pointers to all manner of folks who maybe never even wanted to read them in the first place and wish I would just quit it -- without having to give up the the feeling of "Look! Look here! Look what I found!"