Introducing: Me!

Ok, so I've resisted writing a blog for some time now, (well, to be honest I have had many failed attempts) mainly because I thought it was meant to be used like a diary, and I thought that was a little self indulgent. And if you write about yourself all the time, I suppose it is. But now I realize it is a tool to facilitate discussion on a given topic that you care a great deal about.

So what do I care about? This was the other struggle I have had, coming up with a coherent theme. But loosley, all the things I do care about do kind of interconnect. I'm a post grad student, a vegan, an evolutionist and I like punk rock music. The relationship between veganism and evolution should be reasonably logical, and punk rock with its left-wing leanings fits in there nicely as well. After all, Greg Graffin of Bad Religion is a zoology Ph.D and Rise Against are a bunch of vegans.

Given my interest in the above things, it will come as no surprise to you that I don't suffer Christianity gladly. It is a problem from my perspective as a vegan, as an evolutionist, and as a punk rocker. From a vegan point of view I disagree with the notion that we are somehow inherently different from, or higher than, other animals, or that we should be given "dominion" over them, evolution never sits comfortably as a subject among a roomful of Christians, and punk rockers generally don't tolerate the authority of some invisible, omnipotent and vengeful deity. Christians or right wing people of any description may not enjoy this blog.

Not all posts will be this well structured or lacking in profanities, I rant too, probably because ranting opinionated prose is the type of stuff I like to read. I like cynicism, sarcasm, facetious bullshit and taking the piss. You might find a vegan recipe, an gig review or a Masterate level analysis on animal welfare. Just depends on the day.