I've blogged here in the Mudcat a few times, although I didn't know it was called 'blogging' when I first did it. In a way, a 'blog' is sort of a diary that anyone can read. I kept an on-line diary of a trip to Canada I took a few years ago, and I did a little bit of blogging about our stay (me and JtS) in Michigan this past summer, in threads here in the Mudcat. I think Naemanson's Guam thread could be considered a blog.

I don't think everyone who does it cares if others give a shit about what we write when we blog. Personally, when I do it, it's mostly for my own enjoyment (because I enjoy writing), and I guess I have a slightly exhibitionist streak in that I sometimes enjoy doing it in a public place (like the Mudcat). And sometimes it's nice to get feedback from people who read it from time to time. And the best part, for me, is being able to go back and read about my experiences long after they happened. It's sort of like I'm using the Mudcat as a part of my brain.

It's difficult to explain why it's sometimes more appealing to do that sort of thing in a public forum than just in a word processing program, or on a piece of paper, except that for me, a forum like the Mudcat is a living breathing thing. And that makes it nicer.