A new weblog is in many cases a sad little thing – addressing the empty auditorium bereft of listeners, hoping some kind passer-by will hear its whisper. Starting a blog requires an effort, an enforcement of will: not because forcing oneself to write is hard (people will do anything to delay doing actual work), but because there are few things more embarrassing than to say something and not be heard. Thus, blogs grow on readers; indeed, the quantity of readers is the primary assessment criteria, and most weblogs follow the rule: “The more, the merrier”. Even more embarrassing is an exclusive “family” blog, whose three readers are mother, brother and the family dog (Hey Fido, have you seen those photos of yourself?). But one must always hope for the best, and the dream of a blogger is to attract a bunch of intelligent, sophisticated, admiring readers, who would be tripping over their feet rushing to comment: First post!!

This little blog will most likely go unnoticed on the high seas of the Internet; but here’s to the newborn, and to its future readers, however few they may be.