Hello World!
Man, what a cheesy way to kick this thing off... But, ever since the days of the Commodore 64 and the audio phone-modem, that phrase has been the classic way to announce one's presence in this interconnected, distance-less online world.
Anyway, for many years now I've been kicking around the idea of making a blog. I seem to have little ideas all the time of something I'd like to write about. Some are notions that I think others might find somewhat interesting. Some are just quips or jokes. Some probably border on public diary entries. I carried around the, most-likely, ludicrous notion that people might want to read about the odd thoughts that crossed my mind.
Well, I didn't have a blog ready to go. So, what did I do instead? I'd think about how to encapsulate the entirety of my idea into, what else but, a Facebook status message! I've had countless (embarrassingly countless) hours of fun creating quips, hearing friends' clever responses, and responding on Facebook. But, there is a very limiting thing about status messages. No one really wants to read paragraphs of developed perspective in that space. People are looking for a fast look at - well - whatever you put there. They want status messages to be a one-liner. Two-liners...tops. So...the idea of a blog held great appeal to me. If I can get someone to click on my blog, then they will enter a space where paragraphs of developed perspective are expected. I mean...I think that's what they (you!) would want.
What have I been waiting for? Warning: This is going to sound so absurd. I haven't started a blog because...I couldn't think of what to name it! Well, to be fair, I did think of names. I thought of many many many names. But, every time I thought of something, I found that the name had already been put to use by someone...for something. One of the ones that stuck with me was Scrambled Craigs. I liked the whimsy. I like the play on words. I liked that it seemed to suggest that I'll be posting about - anything that came into my scrambled head. The problem is that someone out there had used that exact moniker for their band. Good name!
Well, after a while it occurred to me that they didn't use that name for a blog! So, after mulling it over for way too long...I decided to do just that.
(Scrambled Craigs the band...wherever you are...thank you for lending your name to this blog. Drop in and say "hi" if you happen upon this site.)
So now I have a blog and it has a name. And now, I even have a first post. I've had this quirky little ongoing daydream about writing my thoughts and observations somewhere on the web. That daydream included a healthy practice of exploring and focusing my thoughts regularly. It included practicing writing as a habit, as a hobby, as a craft...as a catharsis. It included finding people out there who might, on occasion, like what I have to say. It is a simple dream. But hey...I'm a simple man. Perhaps, with this blog, now I will realize a bit of this dream.
