This is the first entry, in which the novice web-logger stumbles blinking into the new day.  
 
Let me say right at the start that I do not use the word blog, at least not on first reference. It is a contraction, and the full phrase web log, which is descriptive of the thing, ought to take priority. I suspect people who say blog without explanation of being quietly satisfied at the bewilderment of those who don't know the word.  
 
So I start off on a crotchet. But I have a heart of gold.