My Title

As all high school students who paid attention in English class will surely know, in medias res is the Latin phrase for opening a work of literature in the middle of the story, a la Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and come from Horace's Ars Poetica. History-you've-heard-a-thousand-times aside, it seemed a perfect title for my blog (the story of the URL is a little more tortuous, but alas, I have it now), both because I'm jumping into blogging after the "golden age" has ended, and because I find myself intrigued by so many different hobbies: philosphy, history, politics, literature, lit crit, lit theory, writing, hiking, sports, beer, brewing, restaurants, music, movies, TV, comedy, etc. I confess, most share many interests. I am no different. So why, then, do I have the gaul to open a blog, long after it's ballyhooed height, when I don't have anything unique to offer? Without sounding too cliche (which, of course, I will), I feel the need to "sound my barbaric YAWP," and, much like Whitman professed (even though we know different), not care whether anyone hears the sound or it echoes back to my own ears.

If that isn't enough, that's fine. Hey, at least I'm not going to be posting emo poetry.