Hello world

Well, here I am.  I'm not sure why, exactly, but I am.  I've been thinking about starting to do some writing again, and I started to write in a notebook, which lasted three days.  I wrote on day one and day three.  So, it's possible that it only lasted two days, and I took a break in the middle.  You decide.

You know, assuming there's actually a you who isn't me.  Because right now, it's certainly just me.

But, I digress.

So, I knock out several pages (the last line, if I recall, is something like, "I really think I'll stick with it this time."), then lose the notebook.  I do not replace it.

Fast forward a month or so, and I read this short, funny post:  goo.gl/ef94q

Oh, epod...

Why did this post have such an effect on me that I decided to start blogging?  Is it because I consider myself smarter than epod?  No, I highly doubt that I'm smarter than her, so that can't be it.  Is it because I haven't read a single word of her blog, aside from that post?  No, although that most certainly IS true.  I really don't have a clue why, but here we are.

Will this be more successful than my previous attempts (two notebooks and a myspace blog)?  I have no clue.  Will I ever stop writing in rhetorical questions?  Don't bet on it, Bucko.Why would I do that?  I wouldn't.

I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to talk about here, or whether anyone on the planet is going to read this (though, I imagine that epod will read this post, but primarily because I'm going to send it to her*--hi, epod!).  I would imagine that topics that will end up on the veggie platter are:

Politics
Baseball
Education
Kickball (well, I'm just being honest)
Philosophical musings
Terrible, terrible poetry

Ok, probably not poetry, but if I do post any, it will most certainly be terrible, terrible.

Will it last?  I still don't know, and I don't understand why I keep asking that question.

In the computer programming world, a programmer traditionally programs code to print or display "Hello World" in order to verify that the system is working properly.**  That's basically what this post is for me.  It's a little test to see how this thing works.  But it's also a nice little welcome to anyone who is pretty bored, searches for a random blogger site, and lands here.  Thanks for playing along.




*I actually am planning to read more of your writing, epod!  I started reading a couple of random posts, then I figured, hell, I should write something, so I didn't finish them.  Let's be honest, who FINISHES reading anything online, anyway?  I'd be stunned if someone stumbles across this site AND makes it this far along.  So, well, you know.
**I learned this from a college roommate, and later from my brother.  Fear not, though, it was verified by wikipedia, so we know it must be true:  http://goo.gl/z7Ky7