So, I am bit slow starting off... I should have started doing this a week or so ago, but well, what can you do... I am here now! And kinda blabbery, so this will be uncharacteristically long.

P6 and Sylvia have introduced the site well - and you can always see our featured articles in the various sections by looking at the box at the upper left hand corner of the site - over the past couple of weeks, but in these little open threads I'll put reminders from time to time, as we are just new and our vast audience of readers may not be clear on what we are doing yet.

For one thing, although you might take one look at the title of this post and think, "Man, is she nosy", you would be... actually, quite correct! I am very nosy but this is a good thing! Truly! You see, we want to know what everyone is up to, on their sites, so that we can send people there to read your work, maybe stick around and make comments and, in general, make connections across the... well, I am not sure what we are calling it nowadays... blackosphere? Afrosphere?

Whatever, the question is often asked, 'Where are all the Black folks at?" And we answer! Read on -