I can't believe it's 2020. Really. I remember when I was in 5th grade math class, we had to figure out how old we'd be in the year 2000. When I calculated that I'd be 35, I couldn't imagine being that old.
Yet, here I am in 2020.
So I've been thinking about blogging for awhile now. I've had blogs before. The first blog I ever had was, oh... about 13 years ago. That was a personal blog. On that blog, I used to have a weekly post where I'd review a new beer I tried. It got so popular that it morphed into its own blog. That really took off, and not long after I started it, people and even some companies were sending me beers to review. My entire basement fridge was loaded with beer. My significant other didn't complain.
I ran that blog for a couple of years, but it started to get a little overwhelming and hard to keep up with, so I ended it. After a short hiatus, I went back to personal blogging, but that was mainly a photo blog. I had fun with that, but I started getting really busy with work, so that blog fell by the wayside. My last blog was just a random blog, in fact, it was called "My Utterly Random Blog." To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, it was a blog about nothing. I really enjoyed that one, but it hit the skids after I hit the skids after the election of 2016. Not only did I fall into a pretty deep depression, I found out through blogging that some of the people I'd become internet friends with had some pretty disturbing political views that conflicted severely with mine. Honestly, that election made a person figure out who his friends were and were not.
So I ended the blog. And unfortunately I had to end a few "friendships" in the process.
But I've missed blogging. I missed connecting in the way only the interwebs can provide. I kept up reading the blogs I enjoyed, but just commenting sometimes didn't feel like enough. So after some hesitation, I figured I'd give it another whirl. Like my previous blog, this one will probably be pretty much just random stuff. I hope to post on a fairly regular basis.
I don't intend on getting political. That's not to say I won't express my opinions if I feel like it, but really...there's enough crap going on out there to read about and talk about. I'm not using this blog to hide from reality, but a good distraction is necessary. It's distraction that has kept me mildly sane these past four years.
So I hope to gather some readers and some friends. Let's see where 2020 takes us.
Thanks for reading.
Yet, here I am in 2020.
So I've been thinking about blogging for awhile now. I've had blogs before. The first blog I ever had was, oh... about 13 years ago. That was a personal blog. On that blog, I used to have a weekly post where I'd review a new beer I tried. It got so popular that it morphed into its own blog. That really took off, and not long after I started it, people and even some companies were sending me beers to review. My entire basement fridge was loaded with beer. My significant other didn't complain.
I ran that blog for a couple of years, but it started to get a little overwhelming and hard to keep up with, so I ended it. After a short hiatus, I went back to personal blogging, but that was mainly a photo blog. I had fun with that, but I started getting really busy with work, so that blog fell by the wayside. My last blog was just a random blog, in fact, it was called "My Utterly Random Blog." To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, it was a blog about nothing. I really enjoyed that one, but it hit the skids after I hit the skids after the election of 2016. Not only did I fall into a pretty deep depression, I found out through blogging that some of the people I'd become internet friends with had some pretty disturbing political views that conflicted severely with mine. Honestly, that election made a person figure out who his friends were and were not.
So I ended the blog. And unfortunately I had to end a few "friendships" in the process.
But I've missed blogging. I missed connecting in the way only the interwebs can provide. I kept up reading the blogs I enjoyed, but just commenting sometimes didn't feel like enough. So after some hesitation, I figured I'd give it another whirl. Like my previous blog, this one will probably be pretty much just random stuff. I hope to post on a fairly regular basis.
I don't intend on getting political. That's not to say I won't express my opinions if I feel like it, but really...there's enough crap going on out there to read about and talk about. I'm not using this blog to hide from reality, but a good distraction is necessary. It's distraction that has kept me mildly sane these past four years.
So I hope to gather some readers and some friends. Let's see where 2020 takes us.
Thanks for reading.
