First, introductions.

Hi, I'm Eric. Let me just begin by talking about my decision to begin: I'm not a person who writes blogs. My ladyfriend, who graciously supplied the photo for this venture, has been urging, prodding and pushing me to start one for some time. She seems to think that my disagreeing with almost everyone I meet about almost every topic under discussion, should be reason enough to section off a corner of the internet and mark that space as my own. She felt, and I feel, it might be good for me to let off steam in a more productive, hopefully interesting, way.

So here I am. My own place to rant, rave, and wail in a way that is public enough that I know I have an audience, and private enough to not have that audience recognize me in the real world. The spectacle: on display for anyone to stumble across. Is this self indulgent? Is it Pretentious?

I think so. But, hopefully, it will also be cathartic.

I won't keep you much longer.


Biographically speaking, this is me: An adjunct professor of English teaching for the first time ever; the son of a garbageman and a factory-working woman; the brother of a dead boy and a trucker. A relative to people I hardly know, and a partner to a lady I really like.

I'm irreligious, irreverent, vulgar, and often obnoxious. We all have our faults.

Nice to meet you. See you later.