Random Musings

It’s 2012. When I started this blog, I never imagined that it would live so long. I created the blog one bored afternoon in 2005, back when I was in law school. The reason you don’t see posts from 2005 is simple—I lost the database while moving the site. Now, of course, I backup. Multiple places.

When I started writing here, I didn’t know what I would write about. Now, seven years later, I still don’t know! I’ve written about math and technology and sport and books and friends and family and dogs and bikes and cars.. And it’s always been crazy fun.

Early on, I decided that I wouldn’t be editing my posts. Sure, I’d correct egregious spelling mistakes, but I would not go over what I’d written, trying to fix it. Practically all my posts are written in one session; I don’t think I’ve ever used the drafts feature. While this does not make for the most compelling prose, it does keep me honest. I always looked at this blog as an odd mashup of a private journal and a public blog; I write about stuff that I care about, but not in too much detail, just in case.

And I’m glad I did. More than anything else, this blog has become a way for me to remember my own life. Even though I may have forgotten things, reading these posts brings it all back. Even the most innocuous post is full of meaning for me, sparking associations in my mind and reminding me of what I was thinking about when I wrote it. Through law school, through moving to Bangalore and working for PC World, through moving to the US… it’s been here, waiting for me to fill the white box. Some of my posts have been excellent, others not so much.

Onwards then, to seven, nay, seventy! more years.