Why the hell does one blog?

Jim West let's rip on the issue of what you should or shouldn't say on your blog over here. What gets to Jim is the way people look over their shoulder while blogging, thinking 'is this a good career move?' 'If I write that piece about some dropkick in the next office or maybe that deadbeat at the conference, will it cost me peer brownie points?' Or as Jim puts it:

If you blog for position or prestige, or publication potential, you are merely one of the many who do what they do for the purpose of