Why another blog? It’s as good a question as any.

I started blogging six years ago. I posted my first blog entry on Thursday, 22 July 2004 at 11:38 am Eastern Daylight Time on LiveJournal at the suggestion of a guy I’d met while in graduate school. It was meant to be a venue to vent my frustration and annoyance with my job, colleagues, friends, and family. Ultimately, we tried to make each other laugh with our humorous posts. I created a nom de guerre, and away we went, writing about anything and everything. We were friends for several years, and although he is no longer in my life, I have continued, albeit sporadically, to maintain that blog. Less than a year after I started blogging on LiveJournal, I decided that I wanted more control over my blog’s personality. So, I bought a domain, set it up on GoDaddy.com, and installed WordPress. I was quite happy with the setup for a while. Then I discovered Drupal and HostMonster. I once again moved the site, bought a more apropos domain name, and kept blogging.

As I’ve matured, my outlook on life and my job has changed. My perspective on things has also changed, and I feel that I want to write about things other than annoying co-workers. I want to write about my real life; my wife; my child(ren); my hopes, dreams, and frustrations. With the current setup, I’m very guarded about what I say, lest someone should do a little digging and put two and two together and discover my true identity. As such, I’ve created this site to be a bit more adult and real in the sense that I’m not hiding behind a false name. I am me, and I think I’m ready for the world and my readers to know that it’s me.

I hope that this site will be insightful and fun to read.