First fumbling steps...

Famous first words are a daunting prospect. Better by far to not even try. Just hook up the hose and see what flows out. I guess one could be concerned about pollution, but I can't imagine that these quiet little thoughts will cause too much of a stir in the vast ocean of babble out there. In any case, I can't really be bothered...

So here it is, my first feeble excursion into the blogosphere. It's amazing how fast I've managed to fall behind the techno trendy. I must admit I'd never heard of the term blog until Robert Quimby showed me an early version of his clever little GRBlog. Stupid me, I thought it was supposed to be pronouced "GRB log." Mind you I used to read Andrew Tong's ponderings way back when the web was new, but that just makes me sound like even more of a dinosaur. Really, I'm not that much of a clueless old fogey. I just got distracted a bit. Grad school will do that to you.

Hmm... I can see already that this web interface will leave a bit to be desired. Still, I suspect that someone out there has developed some useful tools. Someone almost always has. This I guess is the advantage to being behind the curve: you don't have to build all the tools. Which is fine... I'm building enough tools already.

The picture is nice... I was considering calling this "Groggy Blog" to match the photo. It's probably been taken already though. Toevening is a nicely obscure word that nobody uses... My only concern is that there is another someone with as much claim to the name. Still, I suspect she won't mind my using it too much... Besides, I'd be willing to share.

Boy, I wonder what this blog is going to be about.