Well, to be fair there are only the two metaphors :) And they're only used to open and close the post. I don't think that's really overdoing it. Maybe it's a su

Well, to be fair there are only the two metaphors :) And they're only used to open and close the post. I don't think that's really overdoing it. Maybe it's a subjective thing, but I don't think a little whimsy is out of place on a personal blog, and not all writing should be in point form.