Matt Kappenman writes about why he blogs and invited comments from others about why they do or do not blog. I just couldn't help but add my two cents:
Why blog? Why not blog? Is the earth not capable of containing an infinite number of opinions? Does there have to be a limit to critique, criticism, praise and postulation? Why should we not allow our voices to be heard and read in the medium of the masses? Let's not fool ourselves into thinking that a blog will exist far beyond the reaches of our mortal flesh, for they may suffer a death via Error 404. Yet if an idea exists, and is released via blog, does that idea not live on in the hearts and minds of those who read it? We know not how far reaching our influences will extend, but if we don't give them legs, if we fail to allow them an outlet, then they will extend no farther than our own frontal lobes. So, then, the question, "Why blog?" must bear the answer, "Blog to be infinite."