Mini-Manifesto

I have been thinking a bit about the purpose and format of the blog.

The purpose of the blog is simply to tell the story of my time on sabbatical.

There are some other minor reasons to blog:

• My family (mom) and friends allegedly care about me and want to know what/how I'm doing.
• I've always wanted to share a cool story in which I am a character. Best start writing first, then wait for the story.
• I'm traveling alone, and somehow I feel that the blog will be a useful tool - as a possible source of honesty, companionship, motivation, etc.
• Blogs have better memories than me. It's like a virtual souvenir.

I'm going to use bullets a lot because that's how I write to myself.

I like things like computers and brains and math and rock climb and skiing etc. I'll use domain-specific language when talking about many of these activities, but I've decided to not be overly accommodating for n00bs. If you don't know about this stuff you have a search engine, and I like being asked questions.

Let the blogging begin.