There's always that first post

Why this blog?

1. To kill time - I spend time in airports waiting for my planes, most of which are delayed. Writing about a topic that interests me is a good way to spend some of that
2. To have something to look back at a later time and self flagellate - on the lines of "Did I write that? What was I thinking? That makes no sense!"
3. To exercise my writing abilities - you know, sort of to make sure I can write coherent sentences

I have, in the past, maintained a blog. It worked out rather well, and I can look at it and amuse myself. It also had a reasonable number of visitors who found some useful information I shared. That blog, however, had a clear theme. 

This one doesn't.