A blog is a smile

In the days of Mom and Pop corner stores, people walked into businesses expecting to be greeted warmly with a big smile from the owner. If you were a regular, he might even welcome you by name. And even though a lot of our day to day trading and mingling happens online now, we still want to be treated like people. So a blog is a way to celebrate our human dignity. It's a smile—a gentle way of saying, "Welcome; I hope you'll make yourself at home."