Hello World! (Again)

Well, this is happening again. 

 This is the second time I've started this blog again, for one very important reason: I need to write more. The thing about trying to be a writer is that you need something to point to to demonstrate that you, well... write. 

 So let this day ring out as the day I start this blog as the repository of whatever random thoughts breeze through the sleep-derived, caffeine-and-cheese-fueled lump of matter that I use as a brain these days. 


As for the reader: I hope you enjoy what I write here, and may you always have time to brush your teeth thoroughly. 

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