It's all Dan Rather's fault

That's right, I probably wouldn't be here if not for "the most trusted man in America" trying to scam the electorate. Watching bloggers assemble - "live!" - the evidence that finally exposed the memogate scandal piqued my interest; and I've followed and contributed comments to a short list of blogs ever since.

My experience had been primarily with fast-moving, multi-posting, multi-contributor blogs. (World Magazine's blog is a sometime favorite.) You know, the ones where you have to talk fast, because the thread will be dead in a day or two, three at the most?

Recently, however, a friend engaged me in a lengthy (by blog standards anyway) email discussion on oil profits, and we wound up moving to his blog, Javelinux, instead, where I discovered that the blog is as good a forum for ponderous debate as its participants make it. And since Jav doesn't post on everything I want to discuss, (nor does worldmagblog, for that matter,) I've decided to take a flying leap from the peanut gallery to the stage itself - and try for a graceful landing. Let's see what the judges have to say....