I've decided to start a blog

I've decided to start a blog. There are a number of reasons for this.

First of all, everyone who is anyone has a blog. Even William Shakespeare had a blog. In fact, historians now believe that Hamlet - when stripped of all the fancy nonsense words such as "ergo", "heretofore", "restaurant", etc. - was actually a blog post in which the bard was ranting about the guy ahead of him on line at the supermarket who had the nerve to try to check out more than 10 items in the Express lane.

Second of all, I'm going to Yeshiva in Israel this zman. I figure if I write a blog, then all of my friends and relatives who are interested in what's going on in my life (yes, all 3 of you) can keep tabs on my current events, without me going through the tedious chore of making dozens of boring long-distance phone calls at bizarre hours to keep people informed of the exciting, non-stop Israeli action. ("Yes, the sun rose today, and then set in the evening, just like America." "Yes, the sun rose again today, and then set again in the evening." "Yes, the sun rose AGAIN today..." I think you get the picture. At least I hope you do...)

Finally, it just seemed like a cool thing to do. Especially if it's on Blogger, and thus being hosted by good ole' Uncle Google free of charge!

Anyway, so that's my justification for this potential waste of time. So far I'm still in America; I don't know how often I'll be able to update this once I get to Israel. But that's when the REAL fun starts, so it would be a shame not to...


So come, dear reader! Take my hand, and join me on my journey - both into the blogosphere, and eventually to the country of Israel. Together we shall venture into uncharted territory, seeing what we can learn along the way from our (or at least my) experiences.

But first, let go of my hand - otherwise, it's gonna be awfully hard for me to type.