I am finding myself inventing reasons to not write things on this site, which is crazy given that I spend a decent chunk of money keeping the thing on the Internet, and then recently put a bunch of systems to make it easier to release changes and mind dump the usual level of stupid thoughts on this damn page.

I do, though, find it somewhat relieving to have this as my release valve. In a world where someone is only willing to give you something if you will open yourself to exploitation, it is really nice to just have something simple and pure, in my own little section of the universe, where all I need to worry about is my inability to come up with something interesting to talk about. As I construct sentence after sentence, I can feel that this can be whatever I make it, and that the only barrier to my writing is me is, initially, a burden but, ultimately, is what helps make this process feel so useful to me.

I can't wait to spend significantly more time away from home so that I feel like I have some experiences and insight that are more worthy of my words than I have now. There are only so many interesting things to talk about at home, and most of them are board games. Maybe I can bring myself to talk at length about the games I have played and my thoughts on them one day, but I get so much enjoyment out of doing it and much less enjoyment about talking about them, so let's see how we go.