What's it all about?

So what I'm up to, other than trying to figure out how to get a picture of myself on the net, is practicing writing using this blog. My immediate idea is to share some of the interesting sites that come up while I'm surfing weblogs. The question is, how do I do this in an efficient and attractive manner?

For example, Hurricane Katerina has been all the talk lately. Oswald Sobrino's latest is interesting. What happened