One definition for a blog could well be Vanity Without The Overhead.
Of course the Alpha of vanity presses-- Vantage Press -- still exists. Vantage Press has appeared for decades in the Trib, promising printed glory from a little ad box. Vantage has survived newcomers of all stripes, and will likely outlive publications in which they've placed their ads!
But I don't have the patience or vanity to go that route.
So the raison d'être of Bicontinental Boomer?
A forum for expression, a sort of busy intersection where my ideas have write of way. (Sorry 'bout that).
Many ideas wither on the vine of inner monologue. And get overripe, and then forgotten.
So I want to select my better grapes and.....blog them!