The funny thing about blogging is that you do it, most often, sitting at your messy desk in the corner of your living room—at least that's where I do it. It's quiet. There's no one here. Except sometimes maybe there's a two-year-old watching Barney's "Let's Play School" for the zillionth time a few feet away, and yes, you know the words to all the songs about sitting in a car and buckling up and all the other helpful stuff Barney teaches, and no, I will not disparage the dinosaur because...