Starting a Blog

Thoughts and Meanderings ^ | 04/20/2005 | phoenix0468

[phoenix0468]

I have always wanted to start a journal of some kind. A place where I could dump some overly serious brain usage onto some white space with minimal worry or guilt. I have always had an active mind in that it is constantly working on some piece of information that flew in either arbitrarily or directly. It's the arbitrary ones that usually have me worked up by the end of the day. The ones that may not really affect me personally but appeal to my emotion or sense of reason.

Kind of like the anniversary of the Murrah building bombing here in Oklahoma City. I wasn't hurt or injured in the bombing, no relatives killed or injured not even an acquaintance of an acquaintance. So why would I even have an opinion on the subject? Well, because it happened in my back yard, per se, and it very well could have hurt me. The person (or persons) who planted the bomb (or bombs) that destroyed that building also destroyed something else in people that were not physically touched by it. They destroyed their sense of security. For months and for some even years they couldn't let their children out of their sight for even a fraction of a second for fear of losing them. They looked upon any stranger and any suspicious vehicle with a sense of distrust and even apathy.

[phoenix0468]

Starting a new blog. Yesterday's anniversary got me thinking about how much I have seen over the years and have wanted to write about/comment on. I want to start the blog mainly for posterity for my sake. But I also love the community aspect of the Internet and sharing my thoughts, beliefs, and opinions with such a diverse audience. Of course I can also use it as bait for unsuspecting DUers, and hook them into a fast and furious debate on why liberalism is dangerous to our nation and our society. Yet, still, it will also give me some satisfaction when I look back some years from now and read about things that happened. Then it may not seem so pivotal, but I will be able to see how non-trivial it may have seemed at the time. Anyway, if you would like to read my post, it's at:

http://www.tandminokc.blogspot.com/

Thanks

[phoenix0468]

Sorry for the double post. I got an Unavailable message the first time I tried to post it and thought it didn't go through. Please delete if you like.

[cricket]

Re your blog. . .I went and I read. . .< P> Thanks. . .enjoyed the visit. ;^) .

[phoenix0468]

TY, I enjoyed writing it. I will try to drop something in every day so visit often and send me your comments. Thanks again.