Statement of Purpose

I have been in the habit the past few years of using a yellow legal pad every time I teach a lesson or prepare a speech. Whenever I have filled a legal pad, I retire it to an accumulating pile of the things and move on to the next pad, sometimes going back to peruse my previous work and see where I have improved, stayed the same, and/or backslid.

It occurs to me that in this digital age, that is an incredibly backwards way to do it.

So I have started this blog as a place to put some of these past works. Additionally, I once was told that the best way to become a better speechwriter is to write a speech every week, even if you aren't giving one any time soon, so I will try to put those up here as well. We'll see.

Of course, there's some ego to this decision as well, since I am putting them in a public forum. But still, maybe one day this can be something I show my children and grandchildren and, if they're anything like me, cry into my beard as they mock me incessantly behind my back.