As far as the effect of blogging on our relationship goes, I'm glad that my blog gives Julie a view into my world. In the early days of our marriage Julie would frequently be on the receiving end of long late night discourses about technical stuff. So I kind of look at the blog as taking over that role in some ways. Actually it makes it easier for me to talk to Julie about how I feel about things, because I've already unloaded my information dump into the blog.

I don't think that there is going to be much competition between the two of us in the blogosphere, though. My blog is a hacker (in the good sense of the word) blog for other hackers. I'm skeptical that there is going to be a large audience for much of what I'm writing about. On the other hand, Julie is writing about the themes of life. She's spending a lot of time with our kids and that experience is rich with the fundamental questions of what life is all about. I think that there would be a lot more people who are/should be interested in her writings than in mine. I'm waiting for the day when her hit count passes mine and leaves me in the dust. So consider this a plug for Julie's blog -- if you're out there and you want to take a look at an interesting blog -- try hers. And if you like it -- you know what to do...