I'm very glad that I have either successfully coerced or cunningly misled you here, like the fly to the honey trap.  I crave the affirmation and relish the debate, and so it's good that you are here to provide that - right?  At the very least, I need someone to keep track of this thread when the inevitable tangle of consciousness unravels, or I'm likely to repeat myself myself.

The plan is this: an intriguing lack of cohesion and lingering confusion will capture your puzzled attention while I enthusiastically rant about either my own projects or the wonderful things I enjoy to procrastinate through the former.

Right, good, solid.  I do love a first post; so much promise and (relative) direction!  Empowerment!

I'm thinking I'll be talking about theatre, gaming, and radio most frequently, and have all the best intentions of talking about oor wee arts sector in general, but it's almost a certainty that Game of Thrones and Doctor Who will creep in steadily too.  It's all part of a personal project to cultivate creativity from those elements I enjoy so much, but too often passively so; bear with me, ken?

Don't get me wrong, I've spent my career so far working in and around theatre, and have experienced some fascinating events in Scottish theatre, both exciting and depressing (certainly, I doubt I'd be so interested if I hadn't).  Perhaps I would have been satisfied leaving these conversations with my colleagues and friends (and jings, we do go on sometimes).  However, a year ago I had the blissful opportunity to dive deep into studying that whole shebang, and discovered I had more capacity for investment than I'd realised.  That, and an apparent arrogance that my opinion is worth your time, clearly. 

I can feel the urge to make an obscure Doctor Who reference, and sign off as David Agnew, but I'll hold back for now.  Here's Peter Capaldi explaining surrealism.