Welcome, ようこそ, Bienvenido

It was time to create a blog. The problem was, what should I call it?

Since it was going to be a blog mainly documenting my travels to share with my friends and family, it needed a name other than simply “Thoughts of Bobby” or “Bobby’s Blog.” I thought of a few, but it was only in that half asleep, narcosis state that one reaches at 22000 feet after 10 hours of being boxed in window seat 26A, did I stumble across the title. On a subscription leaflet in my Discover magazine, it read: 12 issues, $24.95, SAVE 58%! NO POSTAGE NECESSARY IF MAILED IN THE U.S. Tempting I thought as I squinted through the blackness. But for a title of my soon to be created blog, how apropos! In this age of electrons whizzing down wires, presenting information at the touch of a fingertip or movement of a mouse, postage seems almost obsolete. Don't get me wrong; I love to receive a solid hold-in-hand letter. But more than likely, gone are the days of travelling where you sit down with a pen, a stack of postcards as thick as your thumb and a roll of stamps as long as your arm and go at it.

So through this blog I hope to send each one of you a little postcard of where I am and what I am doing. A little less invasive than a mass spam-mail, though a little more personal than sending nothing at all, I thought this blog would be a great way to passively keep in touch with friends and family.

Come now. Visit often. Stay as long as you like. And there will be no need to allow 6 to 8 weeks to receive your first issue.