Why am I Blogging?

Well, it turns out I seem to think I have a lot to say. Stuff I want to share with other people. And my folks told me I probably ought to.

Music - I have published my own music (for sale on cdbaby.com) and reviewed music I like. I will review some of that here.

Politics - I am very shy about discussing my political views at work because I work in State government. Even if my views fit the prevailing administration, I hope to continue working when another administration takes office. I don't plan to talk about my State government here - at least not specifics. But I have a lot of thoughts about national politics I want to share and gather people's opinions on. I'll post those here.

Family History - Family lore has it that my great-grandfather was killed by another Indian for stealing a horse. I don't know if it's true, but this is a great place to tell those stories that have been handed down. I will probably simply copy what my parents have written about their family histories. I will avoid talking about the living relatives here - or at least the more colorful stories about them from my youth. So stories like the peach surprise or the cat table talk will simply have to wait a half-dozen decades or so...

Literature - I published a book of short stories in 1998. I still have a few hundred copies laying around. I also published a book about my sword collection (long gone). I may tell some of those stories here.

Seminars - I've given quite a few. I might put some of the ideas I've developed here. I've been wanting to produce a seminar on the proper use of Power Point. Most Power Point presentations I have seen were abominable. People know how to use the software, but don't have a clue how to use the gray-ware in the heads of their victims - er - participants. Just don't get me started. Well... too late. I'll probably say something about it.

My First Wife - During the divorce, I promised myself I would never say anything bad about my first wife and if anyone else has anything bad to say about her, please don't say it here. She was part of my life for about 18 years, so I may mention her on occasion.

I'm sure there will be other topics, but these will do for now. The real reason I want to do this is politics. We stand on the precipice - when have we not? It's just that recent precipices have involved possible extinction of the species. Actually, our species will probably survive even the worst of global warming - it just won't be very pleasant. If we don't want to live in a dictatorship or a theocracy, how much less will we enjoy living under the draconian measures that would be required if we let global warming get out of hand?

Well, more like if we don't take rather draconian measures now to ameliorate the problem, twenty years from now someone's going to be giving us tickets for exceeding the per-person methane release allotment. "That's one fart over the limit... You know we have to limit emissions because of global warming... That will be $1,800.00. Didn't you read the pamphlet about not eating beans?"

Like I said earlier - it appears I have a lot to say. But I also want to read what other people have to say about what I have to say.

I've got some stuff stored in the computer. I'll start with those.

rbs