Happy Birthday
At this time, on this day, 29 years ago, I was born at the National Maternity hospital in Dublin, Ireland. I thought it would be an appropriate way to start a project that amounts to being a real person and writing what I really think. Last year was reported as the break-out year for blogs, but I think this year will determine the role they play in society. They could become the forever hoped for free marketplace of ideas (and god knows
we need one), rather than another cloister for specialists. Suddenly every person has their own newspaper or printing press, but that only has real impact when each of us uses that power to carry on a conversation of ideas. Write, read, respond, rinse, repeat. Maybe someday I might be as influential as
these guys, but for now I'm just glad to get started.
