Wait, WHO'S Just Saying?

I can’t believe I’m even contemplating entrance into the world of Blog. I remember when I first heard about this new aspect of the "World Wide Waste-of-time" on CNN of all places. It’s just like CNN to keep me hip with the kids. My first thought at the time was, “Who wants to read the thoughts of random people? Tell me these aren’t random people writing these things…” Well, the past few years, I have found myself reading several blogs with varying regularity and I have discovered that these people aren’t quite as random as I thought. The blogs I read are all people I knew before finding their blogs and now feel like I know so much better.

Truth be told, I may or may not actually know these people better – part of me wonders if once you start writing a blog you don’t take on a veritable ‘blog persona’ … Regardless, my new realization is that blogs can be fun. And I have been wanting to write more. What better excuse than to start a blog? Perhaps I will end up wasting my time doing so. Maybe no one will read it (part of me actually hopes that is true). Regardless, is it any worse than the ways I waste time now – hanging out with my friends So You Think You Can Dance, Project Runway, Cash Cab, the Colbert Report, or whoever else my best friend TiVo happens to bring to the party each night? I give a lot of advice to people that includes the phrase “What can it hurt to try it?” and tonight I’m going to take my own advice. Besides, I've had a handful of people tell me they would read my blog if I ever started one (if you are one of those people, I won't hold you to it beyond this first post). Who knows? Maybe I’ll come up with some brilliant thoughts that will change the world. Or perhaps (more likely) a decent thought that will change one person's day. Can’t hurt, right? I’m just saying…