Feb
25
Welcome, I think.
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If you’re here, well, maybe you have too much free time on your hands. What can I say? Everyone else seems to have a blog, so why not me? To be quite honest, I’d never really thought about it until a recent college alumni event, where, to no one’s fault but my own, I had to repeatedly explain how I became a software developer after graduating college with a B.A. in English. The answer to that question will probably be the subject of a future post, but for now, back to the topic at hand.
In the past, I consoled myself by saying, “I write everyday…I just write code.” Now that sounds pretty bad, on multiple levels, by anyone’s standards, but it’s especially bad for someone who once had aspirations, and maybe still does, about actually seeing something published, on paper. Since I find that my trite little saying is no longer comforting, here we are. It’s not paper, but it’s a start.
While I have neither a degree in philosophy, nor years of enlightening experience on which to draw, I will still subject you to my ruminations on, as Douglas Adams so eloquently summed it up, “Life. The Universe. And Everything.” I have no idea what common theme, if any, my posts will contain (hence the Douglas Adams quote). In truth, my sole goal is to write something other than code, although I might post some of that here as well. I reserve the right to be as all over the map as I choose.
On another note, you may be wondering about the origins of the title of this blog. It is in fact a bastardization of an incredibly obscure quote from the movie, Aliens. That doesn’t actually explain why I chose it though. First, it is from one of my favorite movies. Second, the phrase is completely ambiguous when taken out of context. Is it a question, a statement, a command, something the receivers coach shouts to his wideouts before they take the field? It has a different meaning dependent entirely on punctuation and/or inflection. Finally, and this is a sort of corollary to my second reason, the phrase, even without punctuation or inflection, has many possible interpretations: be aware of your surroundings, be conscious of your choices and their potential outcomes, look out for the 6′, 190 lbs. cornerback that’s about to ruin your day, just to name a few. So there you have it, a few words with a lot of potential; I hope this blog has some as well.