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Hi Anybody!

It's January 11th, a perfect day for blogging.

But what the hell is there to blog about?

I bet this is easy for people whose blogs have a set purpose, like John Robb, or Juan Cole, or any of the other people who have good blogs that I read regularly. Why doesn't my blog have a purpose? What's the difference between my blog and theirs that makes theirs so updatable and good?

I'll tell you what it is: Unlike me, they have jobs. Like right on Juan Cole's blog it says "thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion," and then it says his job, "Juan Cole is president of the Global Americana Institute."

So at first I thought, "Only people with jobs can have blogs with purposes." But then I realized that even if Juan Cole was a dishwasher at the worst restaurant in Pittsburgh he could still think about the Middle East, History, and Religion. And because his blog said it had a point people would still read it.

There was still a lesson in all of this, but I wasn't sure what it was. Who could help me? Who could help me design a blog with point and purpose, that children and old people who aren't even Jim would come to read, to laugh with my triumphs and cry with my failures, take me home and make delirious passionate love to me on their couches? How can I do it, CHRIS MATTHEWS??





"Well Steve," Chris Matthews said, "You just have to think of a purpose. What do you think about? What are your interests? If you put these on the top of your blog and write about them, people who share those same interests will come to read."

"Really, Chris Matthews?" says I.

"Yes," Chris Matthews replied. "Also, I believe that George Bush belongs on Mount Rushmore. This is because I am a giant stupid fat blowhard idiot, and no one should take anything I say seriously, because I am retarded."

"I agree Chris Matthews! Thanks for dropping by!"

Chris Matthews vanished in a cloud of retard gas, and I was left to ponder his message. What do I think about? What is my purpose? What do I love?

Here is the list I came up with. I think about, enjoy, or pretend to like:

Science Fiction
Politics
Writing
Sex
Links
Beer
Music
Food
Books

Um....This is getting a lot harder. Maybe that's everything. Okay, here goes:

Hi Anybody! Welcome to "Better Cats and Gardens," a blog of Science Fiction, Politics, Writing, Sex, Links, Music, Food, Books and Beer."