Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometime you don’t.
The old Almond Joy-Mounds candy slogan captures the debate over which job title suits me today.
Sometimes, I am a newspaperman. Not an editor, Not a writer, but a newspaperman. It is an important distinction. There is nothing like the adrenaline rush that comes when chasing a scoop, something no one else has. There is nothing like seeing that story on the front page and there is nothing like the feel, or the smell, or the sound, of a newspaper as it comes off the press.
Newspapermen are a dying breed. The mantra of who, what, when, where, why and how rattle through our brains at all times, whether at work or not. Even in the days of word processing, we still want to put -30- at the end of our stories, the traditional copy-editing signal we are done, at least for that day. 
Sometimes I don’t feel that way – usually when I am in awe of,  or overwhelmed, by technology.
As an industry, the news business has embraced technology, at best, indifferently. Others saw technology’s potential, forever changing the news business.
I no longer work for a newspaper. The Herald’s primary commodity is new information. The challenge is how to best present new information.
Do we go to Twitter and tweet?
Do we go to Facebook and friend?
Do we blast an e-mail?
Do we use “old” technology and post it on Heraldonline.com, our website?
The challenges goes beyond presenting information. The best part is the opportunity to have an immediate two-way conversation with readers
The best way to have that dialogue is by blogging.
So, I’m adding a business blog “Biz Buzz” to my list of job duties.
It’s not my blog, it is yours. Your comments, your suggestions will guide the blog as much as my offerings.
I come with bias. I have a business degree where I learned how to manage people who make widgets. I’ve never managed a widget line, but I have written about the widget managers, the widget makers and the widget consumers. They are driven by the “Joe six-pack” questions which affect their daily lives, most of all how decisions at any level affect their pocketbooks and wallets.
As a newspaperman, I think a blogger should have command of the facts – the who, what, when, where, how and, most importantly, the why.
Blogs succeed when they are timely, topical and opinionated. I hope our conversations meet those criteria.
So here is the first topic – the mortgage foreclosure process. or “Does anyone read anything anymore?”
Nationally, thousands of foreclosures in 23 state, including South Carolina, are on hold after some of the nation’s leading lenders signed foreclosure documents without reading them.
In Chester, Lancaster and York counties foreclosures were steady the last two months, 221 in July and 220 in August. Compared to a year ago, however, foreclosures are up 48 percent. The worst is over?
What is the penalty for not reading? Be fair, I don’t many people who read every document at real estate closing.
Your thoughts?   
Second topic, San Francisco is considering a “Happy Meal” bill that would require fast-food meals with a toy also include half-cup portions of fruits and vegetables. The meals would also be required to limit calories. The sponsoring supervisor, Eric Mar, says this is a “modest effort” to help curb obesity in children.
Your thoughts? Is McDonald’s your kind of place or do you deserve an apple break today? Should government get involved in this or should business do what it wants? 
So read everything, respond, and unlike voting, come back often.