In the Beginning

In the beginning the Blogger created the Blog. And the Blog was without form and void. And darkness was upon the face of the page. And the spirit of Blog moved upon the face of the page. And the Blogger said let there be content: and with much typing and some thought there was content...

I have to admit, I have a really hard time grasping the Blog concept. Mostly because it doesn't have strict, or really, any defining properties. I mean, it's a web page that we invented a new name for. So now instead of saying "Check out my web page!" we say "Check out my Blog!"

I guess, we need to find a way to sell yet another product. Go capitalism. But since I am internally conflicted as ever I have to admit, that since I'm not paying a thing to post my Blog in all of its Blogness and that I am using someone elses bandwidth to do so, that the possibility exists this is not JUST another way to sell a product. Does introspection have to be this tough, or is it just truthful introspection that hurts?

One thing that almost always seems to be a constant in new beginnings is optimism. You have a new relationship and you envision weddings and kids (if you are a woman) or "The One" (if you are a guy). A new job comes along, and there seems to be no limit to where you could go from here. The beginning of college football season - the epitome of optimism. And it is no different with the Blog.

And the Blogger saw everything that he had typed, and, behold he thought it was good.