Joining the Blogosphere

At long last I've decided to jump into the blogging world, primarily because blogging seems like a great alternative to the those mass emails I find myself writing to keep friends and family posted on my life. I'm sure you are all familiar with those mass emails that you end up furiously cranking out upon the realization that you have completely disregarded all of those people you promised to stay in touch with. Certainly the promises are not one sided, one friend in particular, Hillary, we always committ to doing a better job, and before we know it six months have gone by with no contact whatsoever. Such is life I suppose. I find that as I get older, and even more so as my circle of friends discover that institution known as marriage, the motivation to keep in touch seems to fade. My hope is that by keeping a blog up-to-date I can alleviate some of that, and make it a lot easier to stay in touch...we shall see I suppose. --Ben