Is this thing on?

This is my inagural foray into the world of blogging. I have no goal in mind for this corner of the web right now. We shall see what unfolds.

The title of my little venture comes from, of all places, an ad I once wrote for a garage sale we hosted. At a loss to describe the shards of our lives we were putting out for sale, I simply ended the ad with "and intriguing miscellany." I figured it would spark a few people's curiousity. And sure enough, two twenty-something women told me they made a point to come to ours because, "Look! Intriguing miscellany! How can we skip that?"

Do I remember what they bought? Alas, no. But I hope they remain intrigued by it to this day.