the preface, of course

greetings from the future!
this is the post from 2006 that floats magically atop the others so that i can be a controlling blogger and greet you all upon entry.
hello.
background: i'm living in amsterdam for six months. i was actually given money to do this. isn't academia marvellous?
below is my blog. i hate blogs. i would tell you why but some of you have blogs and i don't want you to think i hate your blogs. i just hate the idea of blogs. and it's really not the vehicle i would choose. but until i figure out how to make my own minimalist website, which has been sitting at the bottom of the to-do list for about five years now, this is just easier.
oh, and unlike the burning log, this one follows blog chronology. so it starts in the archives for december 2004, listed in the right hand column just below here. --->
isn't that annoying?
cheers

p.s. the future is fantastic. flying cars, t.v. phones, everything they promised.
p.p.s. photo links are now in the december archives