Well, here we go... This little narrative journey comes after quite a bit of thinking about blogs, archaeology, and the professional repercussions (and benefits!) of diving headlong into new media. The first question I had, of course is 'why'-- why throw yourself out there? What should you talk about? And does anyone even listen? Slowly, I've seen a couple different answers emerge. A lot of my time is spent flicking through other people's interweb offerings -- colleagues, friends, and even organizations are now all multimedia presences in my life. I've been looking at the excellent Middle Savegery for a while, as well as more targeted single-project blogs and websites like L-P Archaeology's Prescott Street dig site and the Thames Discovery site . For me personally, the 'blog' format offers a chance for unfinished ideas to live a little, and a chance for the little projects that crop up from time to get their time in the sun. This blog is for t