Declaration of Principles

OK, it’s a fair enough question. What makes this blog different from any of the ones I mentioned above or of the millions of others out there? Why should you spend your time surfing over to my little clearing among the online brush? While I’m tempted to paraphrase the Smiths (this one is different because it’s me) and leave it at that, I’ll spell out a little bit of how I see this developing.

I’ve chosen a title that I hope will spur me to keep this space well updated. A half dozen comments posted weeks apart can hardly be considered talking myself to death, so I’m setting my sights high and hoping I don’t discover that I’ve made a much larger commitment than I realize at this point.

In the grand solipsistic tradition of blogs, I’ll be writing about things that interest me, but I’ll also draw upon the communal aspects of the blogosphere and link to other items and opinions as I come across them. I’ll talk about music, movies, pop culture, et al. I’d like to talk about books, but I’ve got to admit that my reading is not as voluminous as it once was, so there may not be as much fodder as I’d prefer. Comics are likely to come up from time to time, though (a quick shout-out to all my “Comics can be books, too” friends). It’s impossible for me to avoid current events, but, like a number of other progressives lately, my patience for politics has worn thin. However (obligatory “out”/“pulled back in” reference), the subject will
probably keep popping up more often than I expect.

Most of all, though, I expect this process to evolve. Although I read a lot of blogs, I don’t entirely know what I’m getting into with creating and keeping up my own, so we’ll see how it develops. I may find the plusses and minuses of blogging to be far different than I anticipate.

--Only my second post, and I'm already confronting the Blogger problems I've heard so much about. If you're reading this, congratulations are in order--Blogger finally let me post.