Dear Leader (and Readers): I apologize for the faux pas of jumping directly to commentary without any introduction. I'm sure it was quite a shock to the system for many of you, but it's a result of my clumsiness as a new blogger. Frankly, I was just getting settled in and before I knew it, I was posting, baby.

Thanks to Enobarbus and the Razor for inviting me to sit at the adult's table for a while. Hopefully we'll keep things as lively as always and readers won't wind up drooling on their keyboards while they sleep.