What's this blog about?

Why am I writing this blog? Isn't it true that too many people publish too much already?

I think that this boils down to the old argument between quality and quantity. I don't think it's at all a bad thing that there are so many people writing online and making their views known; that sounds like an eminently democratic state of things. Quantity isn't the problem, necessarily. The problem surfaces when people spit out whatever comes into their heads, vitriolic or otherwise, and post at great length. The qualities of libel and cruelty are what make so much internet writing so wretched.

This is all to give some noble pretensions to the pages you're reading. As far as I'm able (which is pretty far,) I'll avoid libelous posts and cruel writing.

That's all very well, you say, but what will you be writing about in such a genteel manner? If it's noble but uninteresting - like so many characters who have gone unnoticed in history - what's the point of reading it?

Well, ideally, the point will be to try for nobility and interest. A few people have achieved that, lately and other-wheres, so there's hope. There's no specific subject for this blog, other than My Life Observed, so any number of topics could wind up on the table. This is an election year, so I'm likely to talk about politics, and I love Pope Francis and the Church, so I'll talk about them too. I enjoy reading, fiction and non-fiction, so books will feature here as well. I enjoy the saner philosophers, so they'll probably surface now and then. (To find out whom I believe the saner philosophers to be, stay tuned!) Unavoidably, I'll also provide you with heaps of introspection- none of it prurient, most of it digested.

If this sounds like an agreeable prospect to you, then forward let us go!