OMG... WTF???

My own website. I've always wanted one. It's like being a virtual grown-up (ahem) with a blank canvas on the interwebs. With a few folks giving this site a look (including 2 NON-family members), it kinda feels like an actual thing.

Now what?

Hours pouring over copy and layouts and all that? Sure. As musical idol and philosopher king, Kenny Chesney, might say, it cranks my tractor.

A good friend and fellow Tired Dad asked, "Where do you find the time?"

For me, it's less about time management and more about shiny objects. The truth is I have an insatiable appetite for all things new. The older I get, the harder that becomes: finding stuff genuinely not encountered before.

While that literal appetite includes food (the stranger, the better), the hunger extends to many other facets: travel, hobbies, DIY projects, even people. Years ago, recently retired Duke law professor and Very Decent Man, John Weistart, taught me to see the value of people's backstories. His example showed me that the most interesting folks are the ones who‘re just a little bit off the wall. By osmosis, one of his most frequent words has seeped into and saturated my own vocabulary: "interesting."

Those backstories are interesting.

Thorny issues are interesting.

And although it really pissed me off at the time, re-wiring the porch fan was, in fact, interesting.*

In 10th grade chemistry, Mr. Shoemaker taught us the Greeks were the first civilization to ask "Why?" No stranger to the classics, John refined that with "Tell me more." This blog - my blog - is nothing more than a selfish writing exercise. A way to cogitate on life's vignettes maybe a little deeper than I might otherwise. A chance to slow down, reflect, and revel in (or be reviled by) some of my own why's. To ask those why's to... tell me more.

At the end of the day, I'm just a cheap hack with a website and a keyboard. But I'm "seasoned" enough to conclude that no one has it all figured out - not even the gurus. At the EOD, to some extent, we're all posers. If some of these wannabe musings put a smile or two on a few faces, that's good enough for me.

FWIW I'm open to your feedback on things - good, bad, or indifferent. My skin is thick, and like Ted Lasso's Dani Rojas receiving criticism in the locker room, I can handle it. LOL.

TTYL.

*Seriously, Previous Owner, you couldn't take 30 seconds to label the hot white and save me three hours troubleshooting the 3-way switch? Bullshit.