A New Blog! An Introduction

Hello. Hi. Yes. Welcome to my blog.

Put down the low rise jeans. You have not time traveled back to 2002.

I’m an astronomer, and there will almost certainly be astronomy content here. But it’s not an astronomy blog. In fact, I don’t expect it to even be a mostly-astronomy blog. Astronomy is fun, and I love helping people understand it and feel connected to it. But it’s also important to me that it not be my entire personality.

Because, look, in a lot of ways the world sucks. The effects of climate change sucks. The Supreme Court sucks. Car culture sucks. All of this suckage just puts pressure on my brain.

Writing is how I think. It’s how I process information. When I don’t write, I don’t think. At least not very well.

So what’s this blog going to be about? I don’t know. I read a book recently that I kind of like but also kind of have problems with. Maybe I’ll write about that? I also really want to learn how to make seed paper. Maybe we can go on that journey together? And I’ll write about those things that suck, but hopefully in a way that adds a little signal to the noise.

Maybe, over time, this blog will develop a theme. I’m not necessarily opposed to that. Or maybe it will peter out. Or maybe it will remain an eclectic mix of whatever is going on in my head at any given moment. That’s fine, too.

So welcome to my blog. I hope to see you again.