A Terrible Blogger

So....

Remember that time I stopped blogging forever and you all thought I was dead?  Ya.  I remember that too.  I'm not sure exactly what happened.  I just got out of the habit.

But I want to get back in the habit.  I started blogging because I liked having a record of my thoughts and the things I did with my life.  That hasn't changed.

I think at some point I started worrying about what people thought about what I was writing.  I sort of forgot that I write because I enjoy it and not because other people enjoy it.

So this year I've set a goal to get back in the habit.  I've also given myself permission to write things that are lame or boring.  (If that's not a ringing endorsement that gets you coming back, I don't know what will.)  That's not to say that I will try to be lame or boring, but I just need that to be okay so I don't feel the pressure that at some point I started to feel.

So here's to a new year where I start recording my life again.

I'll probably try to record some things that have happened since I last blogged, but they may not come out in chronological order.

So stay tuned.  It will be way exciting.  (Or not.  Who know?)

Hello World

Anyone who has ever done any kind of programming will appreciate the title of this post. For those of you who have not, I will fill you in. When you are learning a new programming language the first application you always write is the "Hello World!" application. All it does is print the words "Hello World!" to the screen. It's a chance to get your feet wet in the most basic pieces of the new language doing something really simple. Well, this is my "Hello World!" blog. I'm getting my feet wet in this new form of communication.

It has recently come to my attention that interesting stuff happens to me all the time. Most of the time I love to tell stories about the interesting stuff that happens to me. And while I do believe I am a much better story teller in person, I decided I should have a medium where I could share some stories in writing, and thus this blog was born.

Then it occurred to me that I may want to just share random thoughts as well as stories, so I have named the blog "Thoughts and stories" so that I can reserve the right to post either one of them. I look forward to sharing all the things that enter my mind.

Oh, yeah and before I forget: