I guess I should not be surprised that people actually read my blog, but I always still am. There are a lot of you out there who come here and read what I have to say multiple times a week or even several times a day. It's as if my words and my thoughts really matter.

I have some clout with people as they read my blog and digest my ideas. They may not always like what I have to say, but I certainly don't always agree with them, so I see little reason why they should always have to agree with me. We after all grew up in our own little worlds, with our own little experiences.

Many other blogs won't link to me as they disagree with some that I say. Yet, I have no problem telling what I see to be the truth. If you don't want to read my blog, then so be it. I won't necessarily read your blog either. It's my goal to blog in a way that expresses who I am and not the viewpoint of any particular group or ideology.

I don't profess to be a liberal who agrees with the Democratic Party at all times. Sometimes, I even challenge some of the progressives who are some of my most loyal readers. I may sometimes be right, and sometimes wrong. Yet I hope that by blogging I am provoking new ideas and challenging old assumptions about the world around us.

Until a few months ago I never really quantified the faces that read my blog. Then I got to meet some of the people who read it, and interact with them, and challenge their thoughts. Our mid-winter shutdown of the blog, to work on code, got such a response from people, that I decided I ought to keep up the blog, even while I work on improving my site.

Keep enjoying my blog.