One, Two, Three...

This is the first post here. So, it kind of makes sense to lay out what the Sam Hill will be posted here on a semi-regular basis. Primarily, I want to look at cultural signposts and touchstones that, in my view, have had influence - due or not - on (Western) Culture. In my observation, these things come in groups of threes. Why write about it? Well, mostly because I doubt any other fool is doing it.

Now, I'm no high-falutin' smarty-pants perfesser or anything, so I don't expect I'll be keying anything along the lines of the following:

"The Foucauld-ian (vs. Barth-ian) view, via Bentham, of a pan-opticonic surveillance existence would imply...".

As one can see, I can't even fake that high-minded bafflegab.

So, instead, I expect to write about stuff like area codes (mine's 416), RGB (the primary colour set of broadcast television), "Yes we can" and "Just do it". The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost. Three chords. The three notes in a triad. Information, knowledge and wisdom. Why so many of my favourite 'important' writers have triple-barelled names (step right up F. Scott Fitzgerald and David Foster Wallace). Primary colours. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis. Pythagorean geometry. Oh, and the primacy of food, sex and shelter.

You know, regular stuff. Plus sidelong leaps into things I like, such as cinematography, the 1970's and large dogs.

And anything any sad lost soul who stumbles upon this outland might add will be graciously acknowledged and muchly appreciated

With these tremendous efforts, I hope to firmly establish that a little knowledge is indeed a dangerous thing.

Onwards!