Introduction: This blog will contain all sorts of unconnected ramblings, ranging from opinions on classics and contemporary writing to repeated rants on politics. I doubt it will have many readers; but I know some of my friends will read it, and I am grateful to them.

I have tried to keep an online journal before but ultimately could not because my updates were so scarce and irregular. Nevertheless, a small blog with rare updates is better than none at all. So, for better, for worse, here it is, my small claim to a piece of internet space.