Friday, May 9, 2008

Finally...

Finally, I've entered the outer space called blogging. The most difficult part of setting up this blog for me was deciding on a name. I thought about putting something elemental like "thoughts from Steve," or "Steve's blog." But then I had the brilliant idea to see what the word of the day was on dictionary.com. 'Sentient'... never heard of it... You either? Well, here you go:

sentient \SEN-shee-uhnt; -tee-; -shuhnt\, adjective:
1. Capable of perceiving by the senses; conscious.
2. Experiencing sensation or feeling.

Sentience seems like the perfect name for a blog in a world where experience has become the arbiter of truth. I make no promise of profundity here. Just reflections on what I'm thinking, experiencing, and sensing in my small corner of the universe.