"If I write something, it will be posted here. Just don't expect too much. I'll probably abandon it sooner or later."
Well, ten years later and the blog is still chugging along. I undersold the blog because, well, I didn't quite know what it would become (I also tend to undersell everything as I find there's wisdom in doing so). Additionally, I was so haphazard, unfocused and busy that the best one could hope for, would be a blog featuring just the bare fragments of ideas. A blog not themed on any one topic but serving as an outlet for random ideas, memories, musings, etc.
Well, by no planning and almost zero foresight, today marks my tenth year (and 372 posts) of blogging.
So, uncork the champagne and order cake and balloons and celebrate my first decade of blogging.
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| Just a pic of me and some buddies having the time of our lives. We had a big party for the blog last weekend, the rule was we all had to wear black and get our teeth whitened. Don't get your feelings hurt because you weren't invited. It was a pretty exclusive party. I couldn't invite all my readers. |
Sure, it's not like I blog every day, but still, nothing to sneeze at either, bub. You know anyone else that has a blog after 10 years of almost zero readership?
Yeah, neither do I......um...erm...(sigh)....yeah, not many of us left.
Anyway, I started the blog at the tail end of the Golden Era of personal blogs (2003-20011). During that time, MySpace was a thing but with the ascendancy of Facebook, blogs changed. When my wife and I had our first baby she blogged about motherhood and the kids and it was a damn good blog. I think she blogged for about 3-5 years, but when kiddo # 3 came around, the blog became defunct (I mean, a lot of things become defunct when you have three kids).
FB changed everything. After all, it was a hell of a lot easier to update and to maintain a profile than to blog. In the early teens, there were still a good number of news blogs, but alas, many of those have fallen by the way side as well.
I'm sure there's plenty of personal blogs out there but as much as I joke about having no readers...I'm not reading anyone else's blog either (but seriously, I'll follow yours if you follow mine).
I and the blog have changed over the years, but one thing hasn't changed. I still find it enjoyable to write. I might have a beer tonight to celebrate. Here's to another ten years of blogging about whatever weird stuff strikes my fancy. So, click around if you'd like or not and just go along your merry way.
Either way, cheers.
My Personal Favorites
Confucius Didn't Say That! (on going blog series in which I explore fake Confucius quotes)
Death, Birds, Hope
Spurs Memories from the 1980's (find out how I met Coach Pop)
The Problem with Truth
Ode to Weezer's "Across the Sea"
Death is like...
Life is like...
Six Underrated Albums from the 90's
A Poem for my Children
A short story entitled "The Execution of a Komodo Dragon"
Weird Stuff I Blogged About
I lived like a Muslim for a Week
An abandoned idea from college for a cartoon entitled, "Burrito Boy"
I wrote a whole post about the Wiggles, that's pretty weird.
I review Google Reviews of Machu Pichu
I ask a lot of questions about Disney cartoon characters, like good questions.
The Best Detours in Philosophy/Religion
A blog in which I rant about existentialism, Horton Hears a Who, Steven Hawkins, etc.
Deep Dive on Forgiveness as seen in Jesus and Mohammad
Stories Before the Big Bang
The Ineffability of Life
Truth as a Object/Truth as a Journey
My blog about going to a Skih Center.
Best Comic Book Posts
Comics Stories: Fragments on Comics and 1986
My Five Favorite Comic Book Cliffhangers
Lies, Damned Lies and Comic Books
The Best of my Bio Blog posts/series
A series of posts on mix-tapes and CD's I made back in the 90's
I had cancer once
Reflecting on my days as a DJ in college
Fragments on going to Lollapooza in 1996
I taught in Peru in 2014
I miss my friend
Old Sketch becomes a Treasure
How I Met Your Mother (series on how I met my wife)
The Wonder Years (High School Retrospective)
I was in a local production of Wizard of Oz
Favorite Art Posts
Barbar the Elephant
I Like Stars
Trolls, lots of 'em
Old Photos 2005-2007
Self Portrait (2014)
Dr. Seuss' Sleep Book
Favorite Music Posts
Breeders Concert Review
Weezer's Tragic Girl
Weezer Concert Review
Insanely Detailed Conception of what would be on my Deluxe edition of Weezer's Blue Album should have been.
Six Underrated Albums from the 90's
Best Spurs Posts
Spurs Memories from the 1980's (find out how I met Coach Pop)
Some of my favorite Sports moments
90's Spurs Memories
If you're still reading this, why? Just click around or be on your way. I'm pretty sure I'll be around blogging till Google folds Blogger into internet oblivion or I die. In the meantime, while we face the pandemic, talk a nice walk outside in the evening, take a deep breath and stare up at the stars and wonder.
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