If at first you don't succeed, blog, blog and blog some more.

Hi!  My name is Paul, and I am a failed blogger that... erm... is writing a blog.  After taking some time to digest that little tidbit, hi again!

I'm here to write about things I care about, and hopefully to write something worth reading.  And there will be pictures!  probably....

There will be smatterings of Japanese about this blog too.  Not because I can speak and/or write Japanese particularly, but because I can't and would like to.  I expect a lot of butchery of that beautiful language, but rest assured, it will be the result of much torturous effort to minimise the mangling, misuse and generally awful phraseology.  If you don't speak/read Japanese, you will be living in a happy ignorance.  Of course, if you don't speak Japanese, and are still reading, you have a whole world of other problems to deal with.

So, that's my sales pitch. Awesome? or what!?

If you are reading out of whatever sense of misguided loyalty, a misclick / disastorously timed keyboard lock combo, or macabre fascination - welcome!  I'll do my best to make your visits here, over time, feel more like something you want to do.

And now, a teaser photo of things to come, combining at least three of the beforehand promised elements!  [I hear tell teasers are terribly effective at building tension and anticipation.  In reality, it's just a taudry trick to make this intro post look interesting. But it's a good photo, so win:win!]