Rationale

Reasons for blogging:

1) Hone writing skills;
2) Daily snapshot of thoughts;
3) Place to broadcast obnoxious opinions nobody wants to hear;
4) Get a recurring role on "Best Week Ever" (If a hack like Paul F. Tompkins can...)
5) Become a BlogWarrior™; get badass helmet with monitor on the front, bloody hatchet blades on either side;
6) Release the inner critic from shackles; and (most importantly)
7) embarrass my family.