Well, I’m finally doing it. I said I wouldn’t, said I didn’t have time, inclination, etc. to be a blogger. I’m too shy, can’t talk about myself, who’d want to read anything I have to say, and so on and so forth. The reasons for not doing it are many. But the desire for introspection and personal growth, combined with the opportunity to make a larger contact with the outside world that’s provided by all this technology, have finally overcome my substantial fears, and here I am starting a blog. After battling the technical aspects of getting this going, I have little energy left for writing right now, but I did finally get this going on New Year’s Day — a great time for a new start.