Another shock from the defibrillator

     It's been over six months since anything has been published around here and the last post wasn't even something that I wrote. Clearly this is no way to keep a weblog or readers around, but I'm not going to abuse your eyeballs with the kind of silly apologetic fawning that we've all seen in the comeback posts of amateur bloggers (like myself) before Facebook's blurt became the preferable medium of social exchange and expression.

    Instead, I'll introduce you to a new genre of literature that will most likely become the staple around here. Allow me to introduce the great essay: the most abundant literature on my computer, and probably the only content that I will be able to consistently post for a while.

    Feel free to hack them up; I would be glad for some critical feedback and an opportunity to improve my academic writing. Seriously, don't be gentle with me.