Welcome to my blog! Really don't know why I am doing this, other than to say that I enjoy reading other folks' blogs and am interested in hearing their various points of view. Oh yeah, that and the fact that I have just figured out how to do it. Had to create a blog for graduate courses, and since that was required I had to figure out how to do it or make bad grades. Bad grades are not acceptable for a respectable educator, neither are they acceptable for the parent of a college student!! One cannot very well harp on keeping grades up to a teenager while'st they are slacking themselves, now can they? Anyhow, it turns out that creating a blog is not so overwhelming an undertaking as long as you have detailed instructions on what exactly you are doing. I've found that much of my life mirrors the creation of this blog; as long as I have pretty clear instructions and the motivation and desire to accomplish something, the easier that particular thing is to accomplish! Hence, the blog's creation.
What, you might ask, could a guy like me possibly have to blog about? Good question. I really have no idea myself. Reflections, mostly. Rants, I am sure will also play a part, although I hope I can keep my rants to a minimum. Discussions. News of the day. Tidbits about things that I find humorous, or interesting, or even boring. I don't know, really - whatever suits my fancy, probably. Mainly, I think that deep down, no matter how much I have denied it over the past 25 years, I really enjoy writing. Working on my graduate classes have re-ignited the passion and enthusiasm that I once had for writing and for good, solid composition. The birth of weblogging provides a wonderful outlet for anyone who simply enjoys writing - it really matters not whether anyone even reads your work, let alone appreciates or agrees with the effort you put forth. It is often said in relation to the game of golf that golfers are playing mainly against themselves and the course; it is immaterial that they actually have a field of other golfers that they are also ultimately competing against. While this is not quite competition, and there are really no winners and losers, at the most basic level it comes down to the challenge that one can present to himself. Can I present a finished product that I can be pleased with, proud of, and that makes sense to me even if the rest of the world has not a clue about the subjects of which I speak? Sounds like a pretty cool challenge
What, you might ask, could a guy like me possibly have to blog about? Good question. I really have no idea myself. Reflections, mostly. Rants, I am sure will also play a part, although I hope I can keep my rants to a minimum. Discussions. News of the day. Tidbits about things that I find humorous, or interesting, or even boring. I don't know, really - whatever suits my fancy, probably. Mainly, I think that deep down, no matter how much I have denied it over the past 25 years, I really enjoy writing. Working on my graduate classes have re-ignited the passion and enthusiasm that I once had for writing and for good, solid composition. The birth of weblogging provides a wonderful outlet for anyone who simply enjoys writing - it really matters not whether anyone even reads your work, let alone appreciates or agrees with the effort you put forth. It is often said in relation to the game of golf that golfers are playing mainly against themselves and the course; it is immaterial that they actually have a field of other golfers that they are also ultimately competing against. While this is not quite competition, and there are really no winners and losers, at the most basic level it comes down to the challenge that one can present to himself. Can I present a finished product that I can be pleased with, proud of, and that makes sense to me even if the rest of the world has not a clue about the subjects of which I speak? Sounds like a pretty cool challenge
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