hmmm... what IS all this hoopla about blogging?

well it seems like everyone and their DOG has a blog these days. i was content to peruse other people's blogs daily until i came across one that incorporated their work into their blog. hmmmm.... good idea. mainly because there are little things that happen on a day to day basis that you don't get to share with long distance friends and family and rather than bombard their inbox i thought creating a blog would allow them to check it when they needed to procrastinate on *insert dreaded task, i.e. scrub toilets, do laundry, cook dinner*
ok, i'll leave it at this and see what else i can pick up on creating this mystical, must-have, blog!