Why blog?

I really have ambivalent feelings about blogs. I have an uncomfortable feeling about all the personal information that is "out there". To quote my very intelligent sister-in-law "Who has time for this stuff?!" If you know me at all, you know I always have "27-million projects going on" of which maybe only 2.5 million will ever get completed. (BTW, I'll bet my sister-in-law probably gets most of her projects done. Her last blog post was exactly 11 months ago today.)

I don't care to bore you with detailed accounts of how I arrived at the decision to eat Corn Chex instead of Fruit Loops for breakfast this morning. I don't want to fill the pages with a bunch of narcissistic drivel. At the same time, I've read some blogs that have been enjoyable to read or have given me a deeper understanding of who someone is or why they think/act/believe the way they do. (I doubt if the psychology major in me will ever go away.)

One of the things I'd like to do is introduce you to some of the people I've been aquainted with. I've always wanted to keep a journal describing various people I've known. The loss of three of those people in the last few months, along with the loss of two uncles this spring, who I had a lot of respect and positive feelings for, has increased the desire to get it done. (Hey, if I do it, that'll be one less project to finish. Then again, is that a job I'll ever finish?)

Not all of my blogs will be about people, dead or living. I've got some other material I'd like to work with. Let's see how this thing goes!