What's your point?

From time to time, I rant to one of my trusted colleagues -- we'll call him Guinan for now -- about some of the things that I see at work. Between the heart-wrenching stories that students tell me (some of which I will recount here) and the pathetic political machinations of my colleagues, I am reminded of the old adage about sausage:

Those who appreciate education and sausage should never see how either is made.

So... Guinan tells me: "You need a blog." Sure. Why not? Given a choice between impotent rage and arguing on the Internet, um, well, whutevver.