Why this Blog is "locked"

This is just a brief post to let readers that I've invited know why the blog requires a log in. I'm applying for jobs both in the U.S. and back home, and I'd rather not have prospective employers snooping around the internet and forming skewed impressions. I'm pretty sure that googling a job applicant is a practice that is extremely common now, even though I really doubt the value of a google search unless an individual is extremely prominent. Coupled with incidents where individuals have been threatened by their employers or dropped from a job search because of the their online personas, I think it's a wise move on my part to just password protect the blog.