So this is it...

I've finally started a blog. For me, this represents the final step of a distinct evolution in the way I view blogs.

-When I first heard of the idea, several years ago, I thought: "Why would anybody want to put their diary on the internet... isn't this just amateur voyeurism?"
-I gradually began to think it was a good idea, allowing the dissemination of ideas outside the mainstream media, but remained slightly confused as to how to discover blogs that were relevant to my interests. After all, there's no real internet directory.
-Within the last year or two, I began to add a few blogs (such as deadspin.com and democraticunderground.com) to my daily reading schedule.
-I began sending out emails every day to friends and family to tell them about funny, thought-provoking, or just plain weird stuff I ran across on the internets.
-Last fall, I experimented with carrying around a small notebook to write down the random things I think about. It worked for a little while, but didn't last, because stuff written on paper is so much less accessible than the searchable, sortable world of comuters.
-Eventually, I realized that it would be easier just to do a blog myself.

So that's that. Now I have a blog. Mostly, I think, it will just provide a place for me to put random, interesting links and collect my thoughts. Maybe it can provide a glimpse inside my madness ("Doin' fine"). We'll see how it works out.