Historical ramifications

This morning as I was writing the entry below, I was also considering the historical impact of blogs.  What if my father had kept a blog during the 40 years he served in the ministry?  This blog would be an autobiographical journal that would help me better understand this man.  What if my grandfathers (whom I never knew), had kept blogs?  Just think of the first-hand accounts of life during WWII and the Great Depression.  These accounts would be saved and backed-up in cyberspace for all time.  A housefire or flooding could not destroy them.  A careless housecleaning wouldn't throw them away.  The Internet may be the most important advancement in historical recordkeeping since photograph was invented.  While there is a lot of nonsense and gibberish kept in blogs, time will sift through these entries and the cream will rise to the top.  (How's that for a mixed metaphor?)  Although the method of data collection and storage will change, these documents may stand the test of time.  What a wonderful gift (or horrible warning) to future generations.