It is difficult to know the manner in which one should begin his web-logging. I mean, does he simply start post-plopping and leave it to the reader to make sense of it all? Or is there some sort of commencement protocol, some sort of unwritten law which states that the writer must begin by articulating some grand vision for his space and set forth some sweeping statement of purpose at the outset, like the Preamble to the American Constitution?

I’m afraid I do not have one of those. Forced at swordpoint to answer for myself, I suppose I would say that I only wish to have a bit of fun within these pages and perhaps further my writing skills a bit. I certainly make no pretense at being able to offer insight.

Perhaps some explanation of this space’s title is in order. The first two posts should suffice to explain the title’s origin. It comes from the name of a very good book written by G. K. Chesterton. As to why I’ve chosen to employ Chesterton’s book as my title, I can only answer that I never did. It was, in fact, chosen for me by my brother, who put me in possession of this domain on my 23rd birthday. That was about two years ago.

The title, nevertheless, is a worthy one.  It is so worthy, in fact, that I am altogether intimidated by being its guardian. Allow me to be very straightforward in pointing out that I am in no way attempting to carry Chesterton’s torch. That is a fire no writer should ever play with, lest it engulf him. If anything, I wish only to locate my own basic historical assumptions within the framework of Chesterton’s The Everlasting Man.

So much for introductions.

There is a sort of absurdity about these initial posts. The absurdity is that no one will read them, because no one has any knowledge their existence. Or if someone does happen to read them, he will probably do so several months after they have already been written. That is assuming, of course, that these pages will outlast a few phases of the moon.