Brainism, n., \ˈbrān-i-zəm\

I've never been very good at neologisms. This one came to me about a year ago as an -ismization of my favorite word, although I wasn't entirely sure what I meant by it. Lo and behold, my not-so-original creation was already listed on Urban Dictionary:

1. Brainism: When a thought comes.

After some time spent pondering, I finally had a brainism.

That sounds about right. I decided to start blogging for a simple reason: I have a lot of random thoughts, and I finally felt bad inflicting them on all of my Facebook friends. Thus conscience does make cowards of us all. I figure those of you who click over here are giving informed consent to be inflicted with whatever makes it onto your screens. As you might predict, I'm planning to write sporadically about politics; healthcare and healthcare reform; science, especially neuroscience; ethics, bioethics, and philosophy; food; and puppies. Really, though, I'll probably blog about whatever brainism I have first.

Here goes!