I know what you are thinking…

Me and Ted Kazinski have a few similarities, besides wearing hoodies. But, rather than compile everything into one massive written out “manifesto”, I prefer to let my rants out a little bit at a time, as it applies to what is happening around us today. With so few participants here (at least at launch time), I DO fully realize I am ranting to myself. But, here’s why I proceed anyway.

  • As stated by many, writing, by just getting the words out and put down somewhere, clears my mind and helps me sleep at night.
  • Like (too many) others, I notice some memory decay as I limp towards those senior years. Nothing big yet, just forgetting where I put something or how I did something the last time so getting much of these notes down also documents what I’ve done and how I did it so I don’t need to reinvent the wheel each and every time.
  • As you’ll notice, my posts tend to be “brain dumps” of that moment in time (like THIS one!). Once, I start on a topic, I tend to dump everything I know into it and always end up with TMI. That’s why I’ll typically start these with a headline and some major points, save it as a draft and return later to fill it in. After completion, I’ll leave it as a draft while I re-read and edit it down again and again to something digestible.

I fully know that some of these topics may be entirely NOT interesting to most but there’s always a few other geeks who may have a comment or 2, based on their experience. I’m not an expert at any of this but am always willing to try anything new, and realize most of what is learned is either by trial and error or by helpful advice. I prefer the latter. At least I’ll try to keep the headlines descriptive enough to know if it is worth your time.

I am also realizing that my vision here started off foolishly as a showcase of everything we have and where you’ll find it. Rather than tax our dogs and security systems, I had to revisit everything and separate the general overall tour pics for all visitors, with some of the more revealing stuff moved behind some barriers so we can somewhat control who sees what.

Maybe, just maybe, this organically grows into something that promotes conversation – rather than stifling it. Or, assists in healing, rather than more division.

At the very least, you can find out how many eggs we are getting each day (now at a dozen+). If nothing else, we’ll have plenty of ammunition (eggs) to fend off the politicians this year 😉