Welcome!!

I just wanted to take a quick second to welcome any new visitors to my blog. A couple of rules:

1) No potty language. This is a family-friendly blog. I will delete your posts if you cuss or say something I deem objectionable. (However, that is the ONLY reason I would ever censor someone else's opinion. --Unless doing so was really funny.)

2) No using punctuation marks to resemble smiley faces. That's just dumb.

3) I reserve the right at all times to edit and/or delete comments (mine or anyone else's) in an arbitrary and capricious manner. If you don't like it, start your own blog.

4) I highly encourage principled discussion and reasoned argument. If you're here just to throw out rancor and acrimony, or otherwise air your dirty laundry, see rule #3.

Other than that, post away. We should get along smashingly.

In other news, I got to do some steelhead fishing yesterday. This was the best of the 4 I caught. An absolute blast. I recommend it to anyone.

I've picked my horse

Resolution update: I had a few hiccups on my resolution, but I'm off and running strong. My original project pen blew up on me the day after I went public with my resolution, as you'll remember. I kind of went through a funk for a while, not being particularly impressed with any pen I'd used. But on the second day of class this semester, I had to borrow a pen from my buddy, and I didn't give it back because I was sick at the time, and I've been using it since. You can see in the pic that I've used almost 1 inch worth of ink so far. I estimate that this pen could last me through my second year of law school.

In other news, I got accepted to the Africa program I've told some of you about. So you can expect to see pictures of Africa on the blog in the coming months. And yes, the pen will go with me.