Introduction

EDIT: I've changed the name and format of the blog. I've decided to simply focus on reviews. If I decide I need a place to talk about sports or opinions on other topics, I'll just start a new blog.

This will be a simple blog and this is its first simple post. In this first post, I will lay out what I hope to get out of this blog, my motivations for writing and how any (theoretical) readers can place themselves in reference to those goals. Here we go:

I'm looking to get a couple of things out of this blog. First and foremost, I know I need to do something to keep my writing skills (relatively) sharp. I love reading and writing, I use these skills for my job, and I'm pretty sure it will be important to my future to maintain at least a modicum of writing ability. Secondly, I'm looking for a forum in which I can lay out argumentation when I find a topic that has enough of an impact on me that I feel I need to say something. The combination of these things means that this blog will probably be more review oriented than "thought" oriented. By that I mean that I plan to focus on my thoughts regarding books, games, possibly food--that sort of thing. I will probably discuss sports every so often as well.

Some things this blog will not discuss: politics, religion, sexuality, etc. Like most people, I do have opinions on these issues (some of them strong) and I am perfectly happy to discuss them. However, I find that these topics are best discussed in person, for the most part, lest misunderstandings occur. That being said, any comments are free game; while the blog itself may belong to me, the comments section belongs to the readers (assuming there are any) and readers are free to hold to discussion of the blog post or to wander as far from the topic as they want.

So that's the plan going forward (at the beginning at least). We'll see how long it holds together like that.

Oh, and given the review-based nature of many of my posts, they might be less frequent in coming than in other blogs. The nature of a review means that I will have to have finished something to review; however, I will try to update as frequently as possible. I plan to begin this week with the reviews of a couple of recently finished games with a book review looming in the near future.