In Keeping With Tradition

i follow in time-honored paths by devoting this post to a brief yet redundant account of my blogging philosophy. the prospect of Blog has figured in my mind for some time, and with it the question, "what shall my blog be?" didactic and sensible like Speaking Natalie? poignant and frank like Free Thoughts (though not a blog)? witty and absurd like Blaaaugh? or (if i dare) the pinnacle of blogdom, something like eric brill's blog? the answer is pretty clear: all of the above, and more. with this prelude, i introduce The Blogging Principles of Jeff.

1. my blog will be in english.

funny story. when eric saw my proto-blog up this evening, he immediately said, "you can't do that." that is, he saw the lorem ipsum filler text i'd used while template-tweaking, and jumped to the sensible conclusion that i had decided to publish this thing entirely in latin. the fact that it seemed to him like a real possibility that i might makes me very happy.


2. my spelling and capitalization will be inconsistent; even so, i will use punctuation.


3. i will not apologize for failing to post.


4. i will occasionally be vague, wordy, or incomprehensible. it happens. you learn to live with it. at least, i do.


5. i will attempt to be brief.