Why this blog? Why, indeed.

I wish I could say I decided to start blogging because I'm tired of answering thousands of emails and phone calls from friends, neighbors, allies and adversaries, all saying "Pascoe, when the hell are you going to start blogging, anyway?" Alas, this is not the case, unless one counts the all-too-frequent IMs from my father, back home in Alexandria, who regularly drops me a suggestion that I call my mother.

Actually, I decided to publish this blog because I find myself posting to other people's blogs way too much. Why should I post there anonymously, and for free, when I could publish my own blog, and maybe get to the point where it actually pays me for the time I spend doing what I like to do?