… to an experiment in blogging. Why? As the philosopher says — Why Not?
Seriously, I’ve been thinking of starting a blog for sometime now. I used to love to write, but writing doesn’t pay as much as my day job. I’m sitting here on Labor Day during the Covid pandemic. It has been six months of isolation, just me and the cats. I’m working from home, rarely conversing with a person. Today, my only outside contact has been text messages with my sister.
I’m a Baby Boomer and work in IT. I’m the oldest person in my office. I work with a great bunch of folks. However, I don’t want to write about IT. I want to write about topics that I find interesting and fun, like …
- life lessons learned from Star Trek
- how to care for your cat — not that I’m an expert
- things I like to read about, like psychology
- comments on what’s going on in the world
There will be other things as I go along. I might even touch upon something that I’m a “master” at — anthropology. Yes, I have an MA in Anthropology. Most of all, I’m looking forward to the conversation, the comments.
As this is new, this page is still in progress, I’ll get a quote that sums up the site. Tor now I’ll go with …
The Ultimate Answer to Live, The Universe and Everything is…42!
— Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy
