Why am I here?

Or, more precisely, why am I writing this? Why post at all? Why now?

The short answer is that I need the practice. All too often when I endeavor to write anything which other people might see, I get caught up in endless editing before the sentences even arrive on the page. To some extent, editing as I put things down isn't bad, but taken too far it can pretty much paralyze me. I've spent hours looking at a blank page without being able to put anything down on it, even though I know what I want to say, it never comes out like I wish it to.

So, this is my attempt to just put things down and not over-edit. I imagine at some point people will locate this blog. Comments and joining a discussion is welcome (should that happen), criticism is also ok if you have pointers on how I can improve my writing, but I would ask that you use e-mail for that, there should be an address somewhere on the page. My plan for now is to start simple and write whatever comes to mind, at least once a day. I'll likely be reviewing the various places one can get a taco around here, as that seemed an amusing idea. Other things that might come up are other types of reviews, discussions of the work i'm involved in, and perhaps paragraphs from thesis writing. Probably other stuff as well, but I can't think of everything.