Beginnings

This is a test. A test of the emergency broadcast system...beeeep!

I thought perhaps the old "testing, testing, 1,2,3" thing or the "is this thing on?" thing were a bit overdone - so here's my test to see if I'm intelligent enough to start a blog (goodness help us if I'm not!), if I really have anything to say and if anyone will really care what I do say.