Why Blog?

Why did I decide to start a blog? "Why not?" is the easy answer. What am I trying to do here? Record my thoughts for the benefit of all? So what? Why are my thoughts any better than yours or perhaps those of Samuel Pepyes?

I always equated keeping a diary for future generations as a hope for empty imortality.

Do I truely believe that someone, somewhere will read my words and become a changed or better person for it?

HAH!!

All right. Our Puritian heritage (whether or not any of our ancestors came from New England) has so permeated our culture that we all seem to believe that we have an obligation to 'improve' some part of the world around us. Our music, our education, our recreation is all tinged with the 'make it better' syndrome. "Make a difference!" That's a frequent slogan of improvement associations and drives.

So, I am writing a blog to improve the world around me.

B**ls**t.

There are people; entertainers, scientists, politicians, crusaders who can and do make a difference to large numbers of people. There are people who change the world. Their names are known, elementary schools in their home towns are named after them, if they do enough, streets in ever major city in the country are named in their honor.

Hello! That ain't me, and it probably ain't you.

Do I, can I make a difference? Yes, BUT. I'm not going to change the world. My contribution, like those of most people is smaller. It is individual. I can bring pleasure to people around me (Ok, I can bring grief too)

So I blog to let myself know where I am, perhaps where I have been, and where I might go next. By blogging, I may manage to occasionally record those thoughts I really don't want to loose. And by blogging, I give my friends the access IF THEY WANT IT to those thoughts also.

It is a little, tiny way of improving the world. I share my thoughts, you add yours to them, and perhaps, just perhaps, we create a change in one or two minds, that changes from a negative (It's getting dark and dreary so early) to a positive (did you see last nights sunset --breathtaking!)

So there my friends, is my blogging "Mission Statement"

I want to twist your mind to the "Bright Side" of the force!