Sex Education and a 6 year old - How do we tell non-bloggers about blogging?

How do you describe blogging to someone who has never blogged? I was trying to find a metaphor and this one bumped into my mind.

When my son James was about six, he was shown a copy of The Joy of Sex by my niece - thanks Astrid - James was so disgusted by the pictures that he claimed that he would never get married. After all if you describe the sex act to a six year old, it doesn't sound like something that any sane person would want to do - let alone become fixated by!

So when I describe the act of blogging to a corporate person, all they see is that I have asked them to spend even more time every day doing a form of email. They only see the act of typing and reading without the context of having a voice and finding a community. Just as a 6 year old only sees the physical act of penetration and sharing spit and misses the joy of passion and of intimacy.

How do we explain blogging so that non bloggers can get it?

Judith Meskill has an idea. Check her site soon for more