Monday, July 20, 2009

Getting Started

Hi everyone, and welcome to my initial foray into the world of blogging. My vague intention is to use this site to show photos, thoughts, etc. during my upcoming semester in Cairo, Egypt. However, on the small chance that I actually continue blogging after that time I decided to make the blog nonspecific to that trip.
I chose feorag because that is Scottish for squirrel, and the Arabic, Farsi, Cherokee, and Latin names were already taken, which shows how popular starting blogs is becoming. The relative popularity of actually maintaining blogs can be seen by visiting most of those other blogs. To be fair, I will probably abandon blogging as soon as my trip is over and add to the cluttered wasteland of abandoned websites. Anyway, squirrel is the animal name given to me by my Popo (grandpa), and so I've developed a strong affinity for that animal.
I named my blog On Running After One's Hat after a wonderful article by GK Chesterton, which can be seen here. That article outlines a philosophy that I hope to live by in general, but perhaps especially in Egypt. I have no doubt that Cairo is full of things a boy accustomed to living a rather luxurious life will find to be inconvenient. I am equally confident that many of these will be opportunities for great adventures.
Well, that's about it for now. Thanks for taking the time to look into my life, and best of luck with your own!