Initial Thoughts

The whole point of this journal shall be it's relative anonymity. I'm not planning on telling anyone of it's existence but it should be interesting to see who stumbles upon it and who comments on it. It will not focus on any one subject but will be a general repository of the things that pop into my mind and my thoughts on them. I'm sure areas that will have frequent entries are posts on politics, book reviews, sports (mostly baseball, college basketball, and football, but also anything else I might like), movies and television reviews, Doctor Who, family, and work. I'm not planning on using this journal to discuss topics of a personal nature, but more my observations on things. I'm sure, however, that the occasional anecdote will sneak in.

People who have read Patrick O'Brian's wonderful Master and Commander series about the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars will have no doubt guessed the source of this journal's title. The introspective, somewhat absentminded Dr. Stephen Maturin, forever scribbling away in his journal is a character I readily identify with and was an inspiration for the style of this blog. While I'm not nearly as philisophical as the good doctor (in those regards I'm much more like the bellicose Captain Aubrey), I certain share his occasional feelings of isolation and loneliness. I'm sure, however, that I'm not nearly as good a spy. Also, not being as good a writer, I'm not as likely to go on for pages at a time. Expect entries to be short and a little underdeveloped, at least at the beginning.

Enough with the intro. On with the motley.