Inaugural Address

Today I begin blogging.

Unlike most folks, I'm not necessarily blogging to express myself here - I'm blogging for exercise.

Allow me to explain: I'm in the beginning of my second year of law school, and one thing I've noticed about the life of a law student is there is a hell of a lot more reading to do than writing. Yet when we are finally called upon to put fingers to keys (final exams, occasional major writing projects) each course grade depends entirely on our ability to clearly, comprehensively, and convincingly express ourselves as quickly as humanly possible. Not to mention that a practicing lawyer's life is spent expressing himself in memos and letters to clients, partners, and even boring old files.

So, noticing that I was getting rusty, and recognizing that all the time I spend with my nose in a book and thinking deeply about the material is for naught if I can't get it on the page efficiently, I thought: "Why not start a blog!?"

One consequence of my "exercise" mission is that I don't have any particular subject I plan to blog about. Instead, I have only two requirements: (1) each post needs to be in the form of an argument, and (2) I need to post every day.

So here we... er... I am. I'm sure you're not here yet. But if you do decide to join me, you should know a few things. First, Requirement 1 supra is going to make it difficult to talk much about myself, which is perfectly fine with me and probably you too (whoever you are). But if you had your heart set on reading about my cat, then you're out of luck (1) because there aren't a lot of arguments to be made about my cat (see Requirement 1), and (2) because, despite the name of the blog, I don't own a cat. (For cat stuff, go here. Marty has two of them. Sorry Marty.)

That brings us to Requirement 2. Because I will be posting every day, there will be plenty of opportunities for me to tell you exactly what "The Martian Cat Problem" means, though I might have to look into it myself first. In the meantime, you can expect a healthy dose of science, philosophy, political ranting, religious discourse, and yes law-stuff.

So, welcome! Feel free to comment if/when I say something absurd. It's bound to happen soon, and I don't mind being raked over the proverbial coals.