Caveat Lector

Let the reader be warned:

On this page you will find no overt political commentary or breathless pop-cultural spouting. That said, you will discern a clear point of view if you read between or beyond the lines, as well as sporadic blatant opinionation. Nor will you encounter any self-glorifying drivel or tight-focus navel-gazing for which blogging seems tailor-made. You will, in fact, find little direct personal information, though again it's there if you're paying attention.

What appears herein is simply stuff I find laughable, lamentable, inscrutable, thought-provoking. (When in doubt, you can safely assume the words were tapped in with a definite smirk on my face.) This is basically an outlet for one usually stifled creative urge--slightly less fleeting than my internal monologue, slightly more public than e-mail. Posts can be categorized roughly as "analytical," "personal," and "out there" depending on their subject matter.

Again, the reader is cautioned:
As a trained, and as yet undisgruntled academic, the author is apt to avail himself of verbosity and obscurity to acheive certain effects. As a Midwesterner, he will not hesitate to employ terse and/or foul phrasings to get to a particular point. As a devotee of verbal playfulness, he will mete out plenty of pun-ishment.

If the idea of these three tendencies colliding makes you wince, ya been warned. If it makes you curious, read on. Come back. Bring some friends.