can i get a WHAT WHAT and drum roll please....

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ANGIE ARRIVES.
It is on this day of my blogressional inauguration... that I take a step back in time. Like Donna Reed's response when she's offered the moon (name that classic)... I'm in her words as I voluntarily try to lasso my own big slice of blogosphere:

"I'll take it. Then what?"

Prior to the traffic gig... this former news reporter spent almost everyday of the last four years whittling down an hour worth of b-roll into seconds of skimpy copy. With that background, I've got to be honest with ya..this blog thing is a first and frightening.

Why? Well because I have no limits. Which on the other hand could be a good thing. Not only can I write as much as I want... but best of all I get to bypass the chain-of-copy-command! Now for the concern: In broadcast news my stories almost never got cut from the TV rundown. People saw them. Public feedback came often, and with a little humility I admit... response brought a small sense of approval. Which is why I'm scared. What if NO ONE reads my blog. I know that won't ultimately happen because my father Ren will probably post something everyday. But beside the paternal pledge of allegiance, I ask what's gonna bring you here when you have 2,350,000,000 other blog options according to Google?

The answer: Right from the remarkable script of Charlie Wilson's War.
"We'll see."

All I can promise you is that I'll write often.. and keep it real. If you wanna talk traffic we will- if you wanna sound off you can. Topics I foresee: "hot shoes that hurt and why amputation is worth it", the beltway's 10 Most rOUTerageous Moments... and yes perhaps an indepth analysis of why I really must see RAMBO but can't find anyone who will go with me. All I ask is that before we go way back to the days of First Blood... show me the love on my official First Blog!

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