Why Blog?

I've been writing little short stories for years, some good, some bad, they litter old hard drives from computers long gone. All tucked in my lower right hand draw of my computer room. Yes, in that mess that I call a "Room", there is a little bit of organization. Why? Because each time I sit down and write, it's usually about something that has either happened, or inspired me to write about it.

This is the same guy that got told in English that I'd never be able to write anything worth reading, failed English so many times I lost count. Well, maybe not with a pen and paper, this seems to work much better for me considering I sometimes can't read my own handwriting.

Books have always fascinated me. We have learned how to document, using characters that mean different things to different cultures, all kinds of information. We use this gift for everything, no need to list anything, think about it.

I guess I started liking reading with CS Lewis' Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe when it was given to me as a child by Joann, my God Mother. She sent me the 7 book set and to this day, it's always been one of my favorite series to go re-read. Every time I read them, I get something new that I missed as I get older.

Add Terry Brooks, Piers Anthony, Larry Niven, Isaac Asimov, Ann McCaffery, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Etc. The list is endless of who and what I've read over the years. Each book an effort from a creative mind and a story to be told.

So, even though I've always loved to read, because I can't spell a damn and would be sunk without Speel Chick (Gets through EVERY Time, hee hee), I was too embarrassed to share any of my Mental Musings. I also get bored after a few pages of a topic and prefer to keep things short and sweet, so there's no Stephen King Novel in me, not interested.

Anyway, this is a part of me that I have suppressed from public view for a variety of reasons. The Humor, Irony and Satire style is the way I think, it's a fun style to write in, and perhaps it explains how I can still be "Me" after all these long years. If I cried every time life got tough or something bad happened to me, I would be LONG GONE mentally. So I guess blowing off steam with little blurbs that probably border on insanity is what keeps me ticking.

I hope that I make you laugh and you can delight in the little stupid things that we face in life, things that seem SO serious and yet really doesn't mean shit in the scheme of the larger picture. If I can get a chuckle out of you on a bad day and you feel better after reading my blog, then I'm happy that I've helped someone get through another day a little easier.

Thanks for reading and the kind words.

Fid