Why this Blog

Ah yes, the mission statement...

So, why am I setting up a blog in an online universe with enough blogs to stun entire herds of oxen?

Well, because I want to. I call myself an "ideas junkie" as I'm pretty much interested in, well, anything. Still, being interested can only take me so far; at some point, if I want to understand any idea better, I find it better to not only read, hear or see it, but to take it apart, and write about it; better still, to write about it and expose it to the outside world for feedback. And so, here I am, writing about whatever I want to. Besides, how else to improve my understanding of an idea, not to mention my writing, research and analytical skills?

So, what am I going to write about?

Well, whatever strikes my fancy. It could be something profound, like the latest political happenings, or something trivial, like my thoughts on a Star Trek movie. Like I said, whatever strikes my fancy.

So, what is my point of view on this blog?

Well, I could say I don't have one, but that's too glib. I'm not intending to write this from a liberal or conservative point of view, for example, so I'm not trying to view everything through a specific frame of reference or ideology. I am a human being, of course, and so I will naturally have opinions on whatever idea it is I'm writing about.

Wait a minute... don't all blogs have an agenda? What's mine?

Well, ya got me there. It's really about the writing. I really, really want to expand my skills as a writer, and while I'm at it, as a researcher and analyist. Since the Internet is the last word in vanity publishing, well... here I am. One of the really nice things about blogs is that, on occasion, they get read. Even more helpful are the Comments. I have no idea how many people, if any, will even bother, but how else to expose myself, literarily speaking, if I don't weblog it?

So, why should you bother to read it?

Because you want to. You're reading it now, aren't you?