Okay, looks like we're live! So it was a couple things that led me to hop on the blog bandwagon. First, my thoughts regarding Mel Gibson's controversial new movie. Second, my desire to chronicle various goings-on with my writing life. And, finally, the hard-drive scare that almost took down my entire system this afternoon--but, thankfully, didn't. Lesson learned: make backups! In fact, I'm going to go do that right now... so more later.