Blog Explained!

Why, hello there, and welcome to the "Observations of a Modern Day Idiot", or at least that's what I'm calling it at the moment. Titles can be so very difficult to come up with on short notice so don't be shocked if it changes in the future. Anyhow, consider this an explanation of what I'm hoping to accomplish with this Blog, a sort of 'mission statement', if you will. Anyone who knows me half well would agree that I take my writing very seriously and most certainly put a great deal of effort into the quality, quantity, and humor of my offerings. I hope this Blog will be no exception.

Basically, this Blog is to be a new improved extension of an older column that I used to write called "Travels of an Idiot", something that I'd email to friends and such. That column revolved around this strange obsession that I had with travelling far away, quite often out of state, to see various shows or concerts. My first love is music and composing so "Travels of an Idiot" sort of combined two of my favorite things at once. The column eventually ended even though it became quite popular amongst its' tiny audience simply because I hadn't been travelling much out of state for the past couple of years. I've been wanting to return to the column but up until now I wasn't sure how exactly to approach it. By the way, thanks to Curt for suggesting that I try this, and if you don't like this Blog then you also know who to blame (jk!).

In contrast to it's predecessor, "Observations of a Modern Day Idiot" will not be connected with any specific forum, event, etc. and instead will simply focus on the abundance of oddities encountered in everyday life. Some of it will be based on actual events while other portions will be comprised of minor rants, strange stories, and so on. I will try to protect the guilty whenever they are innocent and vice versa. Please be forewarned that if you know me personally and you just happen to do something really amusing or embarassing in front of me...well, you'll probably end up here for all the world to see!

Let's also discuss this whole "idiot" thing to avoid confusion later on. Growing up in my household, the term "idiot" was used quite often, whether right or wrong, to describe almost anyone whenever they did something, well, less than graceful or with ill judgement. It wasn't really used in a horribly negative fashion; instead, it was almost a term of endearment, more or less recognizing the absurd so-called accomplishments of someone. Oh, okay, maybe it was used a bit in a negative fashion. Anyhow, I'm not trying to use this term as a put down or to degrade anyone, including myself, but instead simply as a term to describe either some absurd behavior of which we didn't really mean to do or, if nothing else, as a term for the beyond numerous weird thoughts that run through my brain every second of the day. Let's be honest - we're all idiots on some level. Personally, I think we all need to celebrate our idiocy, learn to laugh at ourselves, and hence the purpose of this Blog. Who couldn't use more laughter in their life? Words of Wisdom: in life, you can either laugh or cry...the only real difference between the two is that one of them makes you a bit more wet than the other. Well, at least it's something like that.

With that said, let's end this here and get started. I hope you enjoy the ride!