Oh, here it is nearly 2 pm and I haven't blogged yet. What, am I supposed to have something to say to the entire world every day now? What a strange, distorted sense of responsibility blogging inspires! You start a blog, and by that action, you express a confidence that you will have something to say to everyone every day. Somehow, something will rise to the surface of your consciousness that will be, recognizably, bloggable. And day after day, there are such things, but why should there continue to be such things? I think a trick is to have some little thing early each day, just to break the ice, and then more things will flow, like small talk at the beginning of a conversation.