Introductions… how awkward

8 03 2008

Well, this is a turn-up for the books; my very first ever, brand-spanking-new, fresh-out-of-the-box blog.

So, I hear you ask, why the title? Simple, really. That’s what I do.

I love to write, and I love to think, and when I do either, I tend to pace, and I tend to sound things out both inside and outside my head.  My wife tells me it’s endearing, but I’m pretty sure that when she signed up for this she never expected to find a six-foot Englishman pacing our kitchen holding a conversation with himself. Or maybe she did. She’s a very understanding sort.

So who am I? Well, the name’s Callum. Scottish name, for those of you who don’t know it, and one I’m now inordinately proud of.  Yes, I was mercilessly teased about it at school, but a certain amount of psychic scar-tissue is manly, don’t you think? I hail from merry old England, but now live in deepest rural Missouri. Why, you ask? Love. (Aaahhh…) Hardly original now, of course, what with all those worldwide Internet dating sites, but it’s special to me and my wife, and we have two beautiful children to show for it.

So, what can you expect here? Anything original? Hmm.. well, there are so many blog sites and pages out there that the chances of finding something truly original out there is next to nothing, so I can’t promise originality. Humor? Probably. Controversy? Hell, I don’t know.  Perhaps. I promise to write about anything that interests me, if you promise to spit your coffee out with that entertaining “ppthththbttthththbbbthtt!” noise when I do.

 Topics? Anything I like. This is my place. For now, I’ll list (in no particular order) quantum physics, geology, history, palaeontology, literature, movies, music and art.

Well, that’s enough for now. Like all good stories, this one will get deeper the further you read. Hope you stick around and enjoy the ride.

Callum.

DISCLAIMER: This blog is a work of the diseased mind of its author, and any resemblance between it and reality will be tenuous at best, and nonexistent at all other times. No responsibility can be assumed by the author for any trauma suffered by the readers of the blog, but if your comments about said trauma are funny enough, they will be posted and commented on.