Apparently, a number of my neighbors are using e-mail and instant messages to ask forgiveness of people prior to Yom Kippur. Since I didn't see anything about blogs, let me be perhaps the first Dallas-area blogger to say the following:

If I have offended you, dear reader, in any way during the course of the last year, I ask you to forgive me as I try to be a more tolerant person in the year to come.

I may post a little before Kol Nidre tomorrow night, but I'll take this opportunity to wish my Jewish friends and relatives and easy fast with a minimal amount of tropical storm or hurricane activity.