If a blog falls in a forest...

... and nobody reads it, is it still there? Such philosophical questions I will probably seldom ask and never attempt to answer. I bring it up because I suspect that I'm the only one reading this as of yet, so I feel no strong push to say much. There are plenty of blogs I read regularly, and I must admit I'm always disappointed when there are days with no new entries. So in that sense, I'd hate to disappoint someone. Thus far, I don't think I have to worry.

As promised, here's a bit about me.

I'm a lawyer. Not sure what else one can say about that, except to promise that I don't drink blood and I do go out during daylight hours, usually with no ill effects. Though I do admit I don't much like garlic.

I lean libertarian, but in the small 'l' sense of the word, not in the Libertarian Party sense of the word. I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat, and probably never will be either.

I'm someone quite content to not know something when I have insufficient information, as opposed to filling in the blanks with wishful thinking. As such, I am an atheist, and quite happy to be one. I know that one does not need religion for morality, or really, for anything, though I also understand that many cling to it like a warm blanket, a feeling I am familiar with because I used to carry around a blanket when I was a small child and my parents had to rip it away from me and hide it after a while because I would not give it up.

I have an interest in politics and history, though I'll likely never be involved with either except as a spectator. I have almost zero political skills, and though my interpersonal skills have vastly improved since my shy, sometimes painfully so, childhood, I'm no social butterfly and I am quite content to stay home all weekend, never leaving my pajamas. (Though that seldom happens these days). So not only am I nerdy looking, I am a certified nerd. Or whatever the equivalent term is these days. I lose track. I can explore that subject in greater detail later - for instance the sorts of recreation I enjoy.

I like to comment on topics that interest me, so I've commented often on other blogs. Sometimes there are things I want to say that don't seem to quite fit into the comments, and so I made this blog. Thus far, I think part of the reason I haven't posted much is that I am still commenting on other blogs, so my venting is vented out and I have little left for this. Maybe I'll try changing that by posting comments here instead of on other blogs, but then I can't participate in discussions. I'll have to think on that.