Well, ain’t we got fun?  I am about to start the 3rd month of entries in this blog. 

Maybe it is time for some reflections; about topics, readership, my input and reactions to what I have written and some random comments which may or may not be relevant to anyone but me.

So, here goes.

I got into this blog thingy from an interesting angle.  One of my kiddos gave me the nudge (not against my will obviously) and assisted me in getting things started.  The topical issues, I take total blame for. They are mine and mine alone.  They derive from how I live my life.  I identify things that either I need to do (e.g. buy a new ATV) or from things that I feel a curiosity about in this world and thus feel a need to better understand (e.g. Yellowstone National Park) and in both cases I jump on the web and begin research until I have enough information to make an informed decision.

In fairness, I don’t believe that everything I read on the web is either truthful or unbiased.  I call it an anecdotal encyclopedia.  Take the information you get for what it is worth.  I suspect that the real encyclopedias have similar flaws but they are much better research and studied.  The flaws are due to misinformation or cultural bias. I still believe they are better researched than web information in most cases.  But much like reading a newspaper, you need to take what you read and compare that to what you know to be true and draw your own conclusions.  Caveat emptor.  Don’t go looking for someone to blame when the information you got off of a web site makes you look stupid. Accept it as a flawed medium just like all other forums are flawed and move on.  Either try to improve it or get over it!

So in 60 days I have written about Yellowstone National Park, ATV s and their selection, digiscoping, ham radio licensing, a little water fowl hunting and lots of opinions about the various and sundry goings on in my head.

I had an assumption, going into this that this exercise (writing a blog) might be cathartic.  Didn’t happen! I carried in some assumptions that this would be inter active with comments and such that I would be responding to every day.  Didn’t happen.  I had an assumption that I would run out of topics pretty quickly.  Didn’t happen. 

So what really matters?

What are the reasons you read this blog?  What topics are you interested in hearing about?  Why do you come here and read this stuff? It would be of interest to me to understand the “market” I serve.  I realize it is voluntary but none the less, you are being delivered a product and I would like it to be something that you can savor for a while rather than just a one time deal.  You pay for this information with your time so let’s make it useful, or recreation or somewhat enjoyable. Jeez, this sounds like girlie, relationship building stuff rather than guy stuff.  Ah well, so be it. If you wish to weigh on this or any other topic that is on your mind give me a reply.

Thanks for your time.  Until we meet again, on down the log.