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You ever have somebody say, "Didn't you notice..." or "Don't you see..." and then have a sudden realization that you did but you didn't, or you did but you just hadn't put it in those terms, or something like that? Well, I went through that process vis-a-vis blogs.

I had never seriously considered doing a blog. I had thoughts of "I can do better than that" or "This guys an idiot, why did someone link to this" or "I'd like someone to see how stupid I think such and such is", but then I saw these blogs with fancy photoshopped pictures and voluminous entries and smart, witty phrasing and such and didn't think I wanted to make that kind of effort to the time it would take. And even though I consider myself smart and somewhat witty, I also know that it doesn't always translate correctly into the written word (I have been misinterpreted a couple-13-14 times**).

**Copyright Dan Cole

But, I received an email from a former coworker, jtperks, who, aside from having a great abbreviated name for a coffee shop, as in Just The Perks, or Java Tollhouse Perks (sells great cookies too!), is also a witty guy himself. He was sending me his blog address (abandoned logic) and I was able to see the primitive beginnings of a blog, i.e. just a couple entries of somewhat random thoughts. Not a grand scheme per se, not a look how many different ways one can apply '80s movie montages to cheese factories, not dozens of entries showing how prolific he was at spending time on posting instead of personal hygiene.

Just putting a few brain turns into words.

And, after seeing a button in the upper corner labeled "Create Blog", I thought, "Huh. I could do that and see where it leads." It's not like the president or pope is gonna read it or anything. (Well, I guess I shouldn't miss the first political poke: At least this president CAN read!) Heck, if I never tell anyone, then it's just for me.

So, I did. And now I have this thing to create and monkey with and some ideas for future postings and so far it's pretty fun and hopefully somebody will at least come back once to see what else is here. Probably just my sisters. (Not that that's bad, I'm not saying, I'm just sayin'...)