What took me so long?

This is the inaugural edition of my new blog. I hereby join with the masses, and start posting my thoughts online, jumping on the digital bandwagon. This is a big departure for me, as I am normally the one who belittles things because they are popular. This reverse snobbery is one of my endearing (in my mind only, perhaps) qualities, that makes me the fascinating and high quality person I am.

I know you are asking "hey Colin, why don't you tell us what this thing is about?"
Well, oddly enough, the only real linking thread that I can see is that it will all be stuff that has interested/fascinated/repelled/disgusted me enough to make me want to share my thoughts on it with you. The title refers to my old school/college habit of not really paying attention to things unless they were going to be on the final exam, which may work in an educational environment, but in the "real world", there is no curriculum, so EVERYTHING should be granted that same level of study. Life is too short and precious to waste time coasting in a daze. OK, end of sermon...

Even though I am normally quite a quiet, some would say even shy person, when I do open up, I have a lot to say! Sometimes inciteful, often merely juvenile, occasionally accidentally funny, I invite you to come back, look around, drop me a comment or 2, and have fun!