With Much Fanfare...

Here it is. The almost completely unanticipated and wholly unprecedented debut post for "Tom's Mental Stew". Why a stew? Well, this is my first blog and really my first attempt at exposing my thoughts to the web, so I think it's an appropriate analogy for the random jumble of links, commentaries, and rants that I'll be scribbling onto this page in the coming months.

Basically, I'm going to let the ingredients of my days events simmer and coalesce, see what bubbles to the top, and try to skim off the choice tidbits for posting to this space. However, a short disclaimer: The stewpot's a little rusty and even at their best, my dishes tend to be a tad overdone...

More later.