I started blogging back in 2003 when I hosted a site called Attaboy. Opinion blogs were exploding in popularity back then. Many had a “blogroll” with links to other sites and lots of us made sure to link to sites we liked to help build audiences. I had a small, faithful following and my posting activity level was high. The country was in the midst of post-9/11 military engagements in the Middle East and a contentious presidential campaign, so there was plenty to cover.

Job changes, travel and other external forces pushed Attaboy aside until I could no longer justify the hosting expenses.

I stored the content I posted over the years and I may pull the best of it out at some point for a nostalgic look back. One thing I know I’ll be reassessing – my battle with a British psychic over a satirical post about one of his alleged “seances.” His boxers got into a major atomic wedgie over the jokes I made about him and he threatened to sue me for libel…it’s a fun story, and someday, I will bring it back.

Now that I’m retired, I wanted to have a little place to make the occasional fun post or blow off some boomer steam – you know, shouting at clouds for a few paragraphs. I’ll to post about stuff I like – harness racing, music, tech, family, my truck. I’m self-hosting it for now. I have comments turned off. Nine years working in cloud-based security demonstrated how way too many WordPress sites get overwhelmed by comment spam, and I haven’t got the time. I’ll put up a limited contact page so people can reach out.

Happy you found the place.