blog as memory book

ok, so i used my blog this afternoon for its original purpose....to record the highlights of my day-to-day life for such a time as i cannot recall them.....and so it was that today i couldn't quite recall how long my dad has been gone......and so i searched my own blog to remember...november 2002, for the record......yes, i could have called my mother for that information, but she will not always be there to ask.....