*slumps in desk chair*

*stares out window*

*twiddles fingers*

*slowly raises hands to keyboard*

Alrighty then. Just what the Dickens am I doing here? Fulfilling a recently-borne whim to share my armchair connoisseurship and fervent love for everyone's favorite starchy friend, gnocchi. In the absence of weightier (and admittedly riskier) subjects to address, an informal survey on gnocchi seemed as good a topic as any, one that offered the freedom to meander into other subjects should the desire arise. What other topics, you ask? Why, canneloni! Or...rigatoni! (Alright, I was thinking more like Mussolini or Lamborghini, but let's just leave it open, shall we?)

I hope to soon be joined by two other gnocchi connoisseurs (connoisseuses?), whom I have invited to join me on this Blog-yssey (haha! All those who despise puns, abandon ship now!), and in whose company I have enjoyed many an eye-rolling culinary experience. They should be here shortly. Hell, I can wait. I have a desk job.

May the digital universe accept our ramblings in the same spirit of sincere amateurship with which we offer them.

*shifts PC into 3rd gear and hits the metal*