Friday, August 25, 2006

Initial Post

Hi there.

People have long told me that I should have a blog on the website like Georgette does. I've even tried it a few times.

One of the main reasons I've never continued is that I am not a frequent poster. As the main at Firestorm, there always seems to be something else I should be doing than typing up my random thoughts. After a few rounds of hearing, "Gee, you haven't posted for a while." I say "to heck with it" and chuck the whole idea.

Another problem is that I do, indeed, believe in the "journaling" concept. I think it's a great way to get (and keep) your thought life in order, but blogging and journaling are two entirely different concepts in my mind. The things I put in jounals are completely inappropriate for the blog-o-sphere. If my journal is to be of any value, it must, by definition, remain private.

This has come up a couple of times during my classes at Crown College. Various professors ask (sometimes require) us to keep a journal, never realizing that the exercise is made worthless by the very idea that it is written for their consumption. I've tried to make this point to them without much success. Oh well. I just continue to write up something to fill the course requirements, and keep my "real" entries in my private, encrypted, password-protected journal.

So, anyway, here we go again. I'll try to come up with something once in a while, but if you find yourself thinking, "Gee, he hasn't posted in a while" keep it to yourself. Some of us have work to do.

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