Posting comments

One of the neat things about a blog is the ability for two-way communication. Read a magazine article, and you receive information, but have no opportunity to respond with your own thoughts outside of a letter to the editor which may or may not appear a month later. Blogs allow readers to share their thoughts, whether the readers are down the hall or half a world away.

Sometimes I ask for your ideas via e-mail, and that lets me get your input privately. There are times when that is the most desirable. Other times, it's better for everyone to be able to see everyone else's ideas, and that's one of the good features about a blog. (You will notice on the blog for parents, I did not turn on the comments feature. That would open things up to any prankster with a computer and time on his hands posting something highly inappropriate.)

Fell free to try out the comment feature with this one--Since we have had quite an eventful week and are looking forward to getting a start on the Labor Day weekend, do you think it would be a good idea for us to be able to leave when the kids leave this Friday?