Cue the music and wait for Frankie Lymon.  Why do birds sing so gay?  And lovers await the break of day?  And bloggers carry on that way?  What does motivate bloggers, anyway?  Fade music.

It's painfully obvious in wandering about the web that blogging is cathartic for some, venting and getting even with the forces of evil, or high school nemeses, or arbiters of fashion - whatever.  For others, blogging is a never-ending ego trip, a ride on the fantasy railroad of self-absorbtion.  Some do, in fact, strive to objectively inform, about an incredible range of subjects.

Still others, though, blog with the intention of provoking people to think, or to think in different ways, about events and conditions that bear on their daily lives - either personal or professional.  If our occasional poking at the anthill with a sharp stick generates a little dialogue, whether in dispute or in agreement, so much the better.

For me, blogging has been a way of sharing how the things I've serendipitously stumbled across relate to the promise and power of business relationships, especially those in the world of supply chain management.

The good news is that there's more going on than I can possibly keep up with and comment on.  The bad news is that I'm going to keep trying.