MISSION STATEMENT

One of the first things I learned about writing was to consider your audience. What makes blogging akward is that the audience is amorphous. Some blogs have thousands of readers and some have none. I don't expect to be winning a national audience here so I'll try to write about things I'm interested in rather than things other people are writing about.
I also think it's important to stick to what you know, or at least not try to claim more authority on a subject than you actually have. You need to have an awareness of what you do and don't know, so I'll try to write about things I feel confident I could argue with someone over face-to-face. In cases where I couldn't do this I'll not try to overcompensate with big words.