Why "Square Peg in a Round World"?

I created this blog for the purposes of ranting, raving, pontificating, reflecting and commenting on my life, major events, and my reactions to them. As such, I've attempted to provide a title that cuts to the very heart of my life up to this point. I don't fit in very will. Not that I'm anti-social, or that I'm a social reject. Rather, I just have never seemed to meet all the requirements of any social group for total acceptance. I've been a fringe member of most cliques.

That being said, I'm OK with my role in life. Mark Twain has been credited with coining the phrase: "When you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform." I feel like in some ways I've lived that way my whole life. Perhaps it is the Reynolds contrariness, but playing Devil's advocate has always been something that I enjoy greatly, and not just because I like causing trouble. (Although that plays a part) I just find that anytime I hear someone categorically pronounce something and act as though their edict were the final word on the matter, I get an itch.

So maybe I'm not necessarily a square peg in a round world, maybe I'm a dodecahedron that likes to think he's a square. Either way, I chose the name to imply that some of my postings will seem to come out of no-where or be down right bizarre. Some might contradict what I've already said; I reserve the right to change my mind as I go through life.

Hopefully this will be a long term project, in fact I'd like to think I can keep this going for the rest of my life and use it as a journal someday, so that my decedents can look back on my life and say: "Wow, what an incredibly odd man he was, so that's where I get it."