First!

They tell me that a good practice in graduate school is to write and so write I shall.  Blogs are funny in that they're like that pet goldfish you thought would be a great idea in the beginning, but then forget to feed after a week.  Then people tell you that when they google your name (god only knows why they do this) that your neglected goldfish is the top hit.

I don't know what's worse: the fact that the internet keeps around your neglected goldfishes for all to see or the neglected goldfish was the top hit for my name.  Sigh.