Introduction: The Beginning

I decided to create a blog.

You may be wondering why, because I already had a perfectly good blog attached to my website. Technically, I didn’t need an auxiliary one.

I come to decisions slowly. (For example, I’ve been thinking about this blog for roughly a year.) By the time I finally make up my mind, I usually have more than one reason for doing something.

So, here are mine:

The Pragmatic

I started the other blog in 2009 and kept it up through 2016, which means I’ve been posting in the same...