Today (Tuesday, November 19, 2002), is fkaJames's The Numbers Keep on Circling Me Grand Opening! Welcome! Come on in! Make yourself at home! Put your feet up! Have a cuppa joe!

Having read many blogs but never actually mustering the courage to put my hoo-hah on public display, I have now decided to face the demons that vex me -- the pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed and, especially, sloth -- that have prevented me from partaking of this communal knowledge-sharing (and sometimes fighting, flirting or showing-off) that is a web log.

I won't deign to be untruthful and agree to faithfully post daily here (it won't happen), nor will I ensure that I won't needlessly post useless and/or tedious information about any topic, including but not limited to myself and my family. It is your duty, gentle reader, to sift the sand for the valuable nuggets that may or may not be there. I will only concede to making an attempt to amuse or enlighten myself, and in the process produce the same response from you, dear viewer.

Now that I've laid out some of the aims and limitations of this blog, please be advised that a few of the likely topics in the future are:

my expanding family, including my wife of 13 years, Evelyn; daughter of 3 years, Camille; daughter-to-be, Claire (who is due to breathe her first on or about March 3, 2003); dogs, Callebaut (a year-old chocolate Labrador Retriever) and Indiana (an eight? year old white and black Border Collie/??? mix); and cats, Maggie (12 years old) and Hope (4? years old);

the music of Mike Doughty and his former band, Soul Coughing;

the amazing cheeses of the world;

fun links, like The Advertising Slogan Generator;

time wasters;

current events, sometimes with commentary (or just sarcastic remarks); and

assorted other good information and crap.

buenos dias!

fkaJames