Fresh Beginnings

Since there has been such a gap (nearly three months), it's probably a good time to just start fresh. Daily posting is obviously not viable, as I tend to be both long-winded and prone to activities away from any keyboard.

Tried only Saturdays, and that worked for...well...one week. Let's just call it "Irregular Scheduling" and see what happens. I'll try not to let more than a week pass, how's that?

I'm pulling all previous posts. You may see much of the material again, as there were many positive comments, but for now I'm just not content to have a gaping hole in my posting schedule.

I'd like to keep it light, even humorous, as most of you know, but there are certain issues which cannot be dodged simply for the sake of a good feeling.

So let's start back where it all began.

(Reprint)

Alright, let’s get this thing fired up here.

What do you need to know about me? Probably first and foremost, I’m a control freak. But I came to terms long ago with the fact that you can’t control anyone but yourself, so I give me hell on a regular basis. Of course this means that when anyone else crosses me, I’ve already had it “up to here”, so they generally get it with both barrels.

I’m an education nut. That’s different than “academia” which is probably something we’re going to talk about later. I think, especially in this “Internet Age”, seeing a child without a proper education in the essentials of life is beyond criminal.

That’s one of the problems I have with sports in general. When I hear about somebody spending fifty dollars or more to watch a bunch of grown men in short pants run around a paddock chasing a ball, while there’s even one child who can’t get access to a computer, it just aggravates me beyond my ability to express using polite words.

Even on the high school level, sports equipment is often budgeted long before “learning” equipment is even thought about. Of course the coaches always script the same excuse, “Sports develops leadership.” Well, yeah, maybe for those eleven guys; what about the other 989 students in attendance?

Ok, enough of that. This is getting even me down. Let’s try again tomorrow when I’m back on my Meds.


Quote for the day:

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

Woodrow Wilson, American President (1856-1924)