It’s mid-July, 2008 and by now I’m sure most of you have forgotten about this blog. That may have been planned…I’m not sure. The more people I discovered were reading, the less inclined I was to write. It’s easier to be honest when no one is paying attention. And, I had grand ideas for what I wanted my new website to be, yet didn’t have the time. At first. Then I didn’t have the laptop. I blame India. And Heathrow. And Macs. Like I said, I’ve got a lot of stories.

So let’s just start at the beginning…or close to. I’ve decided to go back and post my journal (the paper kind) in un-intimidating chunks that are easy to read and, more importantly, easy to write.