Greetings

This will be a new experience for me. In a slowly burning frustration of many things in my life over the past couple years--my work (and my earnings), my weight, my car, and my attitudes toward others, to name a few--I've finally started up a blog to vent and get some thoughts out into the open. Only about 20 years too late, by my calculations.

I've kicked around the idea of starting a website in my head for years, something I could have formatted a little more the way I want it, and something that could handle longer pieces and additional mediums more easily. But the cost of it surprised me, and the way I try out new things and attempt to make hobbies out of them never seems to go that well for me these days:

• Working out and dieting? It only lasts a few days or weeks at a time. 
• Bought a VW Bug because I admire the old air-cooled vehicles. Never wanted to work on it, even though it was my daily driver.
• Look into new board games and video games all the time, buying a few. Rarely play them.
• Really enjoy watching Bob Ross and constantly remarking to myself how easy it seems. I made myself an easel and used it all of one time before realizing how much harder it was than he made it look (as was certain to happen).

It became clear one spring evening that paying a years' subscription for website hosting, security, a domain and everything else that goes into it was a bad idea when I wasn't even sure how much writing I could really do. If I make three posts and don't get any hits or comments, maybe it wasn't something I was meant to do. 

So here we are.

I'm not sure still what I want this to be. With the website idea, as mentioned, I wanted to pursue a number of different interests and hobbies. Sports, TV, society, and other random observations all seemed like options and things that would be convenient for me to put in one place. The combination of topics might be a turn-off to most people, though. Really, how many people are there who will be interested to read successive posts about, say, any 3 of the following: my paternal grandfather, Necco Wafers, Formula 1, a hatred of D20s, fantasy football, health insurance ("That's SO 2009!"), Washington State, patterns in morning commutes on state highways, etc.?

And so it may still be up to you, gentle reader, where we go and what we learn about ourselves and each other. It will be a minor shock if I connect with even one person. Perhaps you will surprise me, and perhaps Blogger will show me things I didn't expect as well.

Happy Thursday!