For a
grave sin I must have committed in my previous life, I have toiled
karmically
for a long while in my
attempts at starting a blog. This, thankfully, will be the end of my
struggles. Frankly, i don't have a goal with this thing except that the
thought of having "...loving husband, millionaire business-man, doting
father, awesome grandfather AND
blogger" on my epitaph is bloody exciting.
What
to expect? My posts will include, but will not be limited to articles,
essays, book reviews, pedantic rants, movie reviews...etc – all told (written)
with a creative insight that will maintain a critical balance between humour and
sobriety. Plus, I’ll make sure aesthetics do not take precedence over the
message.
So, Why now? Well, this being my first post and whatnot, I
feel the urge to make bogus statements about how my blog is going to be a
problem solvent and change the way of things. But that would be me lying. It
won’t. I’ve thought about it a long time and the best I could come up with was:
Why not now?
Why
start a blog in the first place? In all honesty, I aided the
aforementioned karma by deliberately putting it off until I felt I was ‘ready’.
Then I saw a quote somewhere that said “guns don’t kill people, people kill
people” AND it was attributed to DMX. D-bloody-MX!! You’ll agree with me he’s not the
smartest dude alive; as evidenced by his frequent avoidable run-ins with the
law. So, I realized I didn’t have to be all perfect (hell, I’m not even the
smartest guy in my clique), to make a difference.
So, to answer my question: I thought I’d share with my
prospective readers what I’ve seen /learnt/ heard/ read/ observed or otherwise
noted in books, movies, correspondence, e-correspondence, conversations (even
while eavesdropping), and in goings-on around and about me.
Frankly,
a (bad word deleted) blog isn’t going to change the world, but it can get us (we’re a team now!) on our way. A wise
man once said; “every little helps” and this, is my own token. I guess you’ll
have to be there to see how it turns out. I, for one, cannot wait.
Welcome!
----@Captaincue (big fan of DMX)
