will he succumb to the maddening urge? I think he just did

Blogs for me have always been a shiny red button. It's never been a matter of "if." It was always about "when."

I've been reading blogs since the 2000 U.S. election debacle, when I stumbled upon Talking Points Memo, and that led me eventually to Kos and Atrios and Yglesias. Then suddenly all kinds of folks had them for all kinds of fun non-political uses. Lame ones, too. Lots of lameness, from people whose tinfoil hats were clearly getting in the way of their typing. And, hell, if they could do it...

It's always been tempting. But, like being tempted to write a novel, when I finally sat down to write one, inspiration, focus, purpose and motivation all dried up quickly.

Not sure why this time is different. Maybe because I didn't promise anything with my first post. And I'm not making any promises now.

I just hope I don't erase too much history.