Tuesday, August 01, 2006

A Fresh Start: A history of my writing, bad latin, and bad poetry.

Why bad latin? I actually spent a summer in a Latin intensive and I learned just enough to be utterly confused by Italian and to frequently garble legal terms into hopeless mishmash. And, please note, this happened in spite of the university's best attempts to teach me.

Why bad poetry? Sometimes I'm going to submit you poor unfortunates to some of my poetry and I felt it best to lower your expectations. If you feel the occasional bit of poetry is so fantastic you'd like to read an entire book of it, then let me know. If you feel the occasional bit of poetry is hopelessly childish and gauche, I warned you.

This blog is about me and my frequent obsessions, thoughts, and general rambling. I hold my opinions in low esteem simply because I'm a 29-year-old American with just enough education to be dangerous.

I believe in a few things: the power of literature, good design, the progress of technology—despite the numerous blowbacks and unintended consequence—and smart people who try do good in the world.

Hope you enjoy this blog, another grain of sand in the blogosphere, and hope it find you well and interests you, if only for a moment.

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