To blog or not to blog...

So in this day and age, all you read about is social media, social media.  You need to have a smokin' LinkedIn profile (mine works pretty well, I get hit by at least 3 to 4 head hunters a month).  You should build your brand on Twitter (of course I plant thoughts here and there that link to Facebook, etc.).  But at the end of the day, my general assessment of social media is essentially a set of attention starved people trying to live out some fake type lifestyle looking to whore themselves out to some type of ad model in order to pay for their narcissistic life style.  Is that too harsh?

So I have been reticent to start blogging things that I think.  I mean who really cares what I think?  So this is my first attempt at what I would term a personal blog.  I am not looking to make money.  I am not looking for you to follow me, unless I somehow am entertaining to you or you are interested in getting to know me.  But mostly I would say that this is an attempt at self expression in greater than 140 characters.

I consider myself a voracious learner.  I am forever curious about most things and hopeful that I can turn my 140 character thoughts into something of more depth.  This is the third or fourth time that I have attempted to blog and for whatever reason I have been afraid of what everyone will think.  Isn't that silly?  I realize that some of what I write may be controversial, as I am a born again Christian who actually reads and knows what the Bible has to say.  I am the parent of four kids, three boys and a girl.  I can have a pretty in your face perspective on just about any issue.  But what I am going to do is be honest and candid in my approach to blogging and if I am wrong I'll say so.  If I am offensive in some way to your set of ideals then I will apologize for hurting your feelings, but I am hopeful that this form of expression can be valuable to me as a 41 year old broken follower of Jesus who is trying to live life in the hear and now with an eye for heaven.

I am a bit of a gadget fiend.  At one point at the first of 2011 I counted up all my Apple gear and in my house, between my family and I, I counted 22 Apple devices of some sort.  I am a sideline political junkie, in that I think both sides of the isle are broken, so I have a hard time being totally committed to politics because I get furious now and again at the clear abuse of the American people that takes place.  I am always very curious about fame.  I don't know why.  I don't want to be famous, but I am curious about people who do.  One of my favorite shows of the past was "Behind the Music" on VH1 a few years back.  They would tell the stories of musicians and their rise to fame and typically fall from grace.  I did attend the University of Nebraska so I of course love Husker Football, but am a pretty tempered fan.  I used to yell and scream at the TV until my oldest came along.  At the age of one, he would get really upset and scared at my ranting.  After all it is just football.  I struggle in life, probably pretty similar to your struggle.  I come from a set of broken messed up parents and even as a 41 year old I struggle with the patterns of my youth.  I am messed up for sure.

At the end of the day, I am working at trying to love God with all my heart and love my neighbor as much as I love myself.  That is the way I am trying to live my life.  I don't know what type of frequency I am going to communicate here, but I hope to share my thoughts, feelings, and experiences and hopefully you'll find it interesting enough to review and comment on now and again.

Until next time...