The hardest part is starting...

First - Thank you.  Thanks for clicking on the link that brought you to this page.  Thanks for taking a second of your valuable Facebook and Bejeweled Blitz time to read this.  I hope you smile, at least more than you would from finding a old brown flea-ridden goat on your Farmville Farm.

This account was set up almost a year ago, when I thought "Any idiot can blog...I'm an idiot, I should blog", then I proceeded to set up the account and find other things to do.  In the past week, I've realized that my Twitter habit has reached a semi addict level, and I need to move on to the harder stuff.

Hence, here I am, knocking on the crack house door of social media, the blogosphere.  I used to be a good writer, creative, some good poetry, maybe a song lyric or two, but 15 years of work, 3 years of kids have taken priority, and caused a bit of poetic atrophy.  I am sure the first few posts will be like a 500 pound man trying to run on a treadmill, lots of heavy breathing, sweating, and a good chance of a coronary event.

Trying to come up with the main subject matter of this MY blog, I tossed around a litany of subjects that I'm passionate about - books, movies, music, social media, pop culture, cooking, small furry animals - but they don't capture my essence, and as such, should not be the mainstay of my blog.

Tonight, as I sat watching "Land Before Time 15: Happy Landings for Meteor" for the twentieth time (this week) I realized that when you strip everything away, no matter what, I am Daddy.  What better for me to spout off about than being a great dad (hopefully) and the challenge of keeping a happy family together, with smiles on our faces most of the time.  Other subjects may meander in and out, which is good, keeps you on your toes.

I'm going to bed now...but that doesn't mean you have to!  Comment please, that's the only way I'll get better.

And now - the song that has been running through my head since I started this post: