It's frustrating to have this amazing opportunity to share my life and work through a public Blog, while at the same time be so restricted in terms of what I can and cannot say. My life is pretty much about my work, and much of my work does fall under the heading "restricted" -- both what I'm doing at the office and the things I'm putting together privately. I'd love to share all of it with you, but I can't, and that makes it hard to find other interesting things to talk about. I know that this is supposed to be a private and personal journal, but believe me, aside from my work (which does occupy most of my waking hours), my life is deadly, deadly dull. I can't really write about the drive to and from the office, my cat, my meals, my friends or family, the movies I see or the books I read...well, I do write about some of that stuff, but it's not particularly interesting to anyone aside from myself and the people closest to me.

Is it?

I know that quite a few people read my journal, and I plan to be a more active poster. But there are things I'd love to talk about that I can't talk about, so bear with me; if, at times, it gets a little dull, you know why.

I'll get around to the confidential stuff sooner or later, though. I always do. After all, if what I'm working on never sees the light of day, what's the point?  ¶ 16:24