A Little Bit About “Everything”

What O.K. is about:

What “O.K.” is about is summed up in this post.

Essentially, this page is about intellectual growth. I do not pretend to be a new Mencius, setting down the wisdom of a lifetime of study. I am too young and do not know nearly enough to be authoritative on much of anything, and willingly admit it.

Instead, every opinion stated on this blog is subject to change, though some are more subject than others. My interests are broad and so is “Everything’s” topic. Since I’m working towards a degree in literature, though, you can safely expect to see that be the most common topic, though everything from politics to religion to humour and just about anything else show up frequently.

When I update:

I don’t have a definite update schedule, and it may change from semester to semester depending upon my class schedule and workload. In practice, I update whenever I have something to write about, so the schedule is irregular. I’d recommend using the RSS feed to keep track of updates.

A little history:

Most blogs are started when someone discovers that they can talk at the world, and answer the call to say “Me too!” This blog was started as part of a class entitled “Introduction to Computer Mediated Communication,” with the title “Oll Korrect for Class,” (the title is taken from one explanation I’ve seen of the abbreviation “O.K.”).* As a result, almost every post between August and November 2007 was assigned, and some are better than others (the really lousy ones have been deleted). After that class ended, I was left with a choice – either let “O.K.” die, or answer the call to also say “Me too!”

I have answered. As of 23 December 2007, this blog has been retitled, I’ve changed my username to have a more universal online identity, and have set a more definite purpose for the blog. Originally, I considered starting an entirely new blog, but I figured few, if any, of my old classmates read this when I was in CMC, and I won’t post anything illegal or embarrassing anyway. I also considered devoting O.K. entirely to one topic, religion and literature being the frontrunners, but instead decided on a more general purpose.

*Note: Just wanted to say that’s the most punctuation marks I’ve ever put all next to each other. I mean, wow. Period, quote, close parentheses, period, asterisk for this footnote. 5-hit, Super Combo!