Proving the haters right

I've held off on starting a blog for a long time in part because I didn't want to confirm the pundits' belief that people of my generation are uninformed, self-centered, and spend way too much time on the internet.

...well, maybe the last two are right, because here I am, blogging. I guess I'm doing this because a) There's nothing else to do that requires much thought, b) I'm self-confident enough (okay, egotistical) to think that I might have something interesting to say, and c)... Well... Why not?

So. I'm probably just going to talk about whatever's on my mind, including (but not limited to): Absurd politics, interesting science, and adjectiveless philosophy, including anything interesting I might be doing, such as (for the next three weeks) visiting Scotland.