A Treaty On Blogs

I've long been an ardent critic of blogging as a whole, and more specifically, bloggers as a population. Sure. I've said unsavory things about them. Sure. I've denigrated them from time to time and often made jibes at their talents or what I then jealously decried as a lack thereof, but it was always with a wry smile and it was always - at least to a degree - a tad tongue in cheek. 

So to find myself finally caving in, can I honestly say I'm surpised? No. I can't. Because part of me, the inherent social misfit who's always found a cushion of solace in the written word, knew I'd end up here at some point. The fact that it took me so long is in many ways a surprise. I lasted for an extended and prideful period of time, and for that I'm satisfied. Now, however, I must reconcile my differences. 

Blogosphere, my sorry arms are now wide open, and I hope you'll embrace me. I hope you'll take me in. There's never been animosity between the two of us, but rather it was the kind of warmhearted belittling that goes on between siblings or best friends, permitted and taken in stride, because after all, we are kin. We know that the commonality running between us is canyon deep. We are friends. We are those who don't want to say something but have something to say. And sometimes we say things we regret. In short, we understand each other.