C Note(s)

Ok, so on Saturday, Cher and I plus her co-worker’s crew ran the Rugged Maniac 5K obstacle course. Since it was essentially a mud run, I warned Cher that no electronics allowed on the course. About half-way through the course, as we were sludging our way through muddy river portion, I looked over at her. She smiled but quipped, I could really use some music. My motivation and power come from my music. This is first experience with this, so I wanted to ensure she had a great time, and being who I am, I broke out into song. Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline to be exact. We trudged our way to the nearest obstacle, a military crawl in mud under barred wire. There was a small wait, and just long enough for me to sing to the chorus. A couple of our flag football buddies approached us through the crowd of waiting people. It was Kurt and Julie! They heard me singing (more like bellowing), and thought, who the hell would be singing in the middle of obstacle course? Me, of course. After we e

Happy birthday, Dad! I've never been one to favor Daddy, father, papa, etc. I know you're half-way around the world but you're always close to my heart. I'm proud of you. Hell, I'm proud to be your son. So much so that I've intentionally molded myself to be a direct reflection of you but not be a clone. Imitation is the finest form of flattery. I am the man I am today because of your parenting with Mom. I hope you know that. And if I ever find myself in a situation that I'm interacting with children, whether they are strangers or friend's (girlfriend), I launch into a parenting type of role, because that's what you would do. As an adult, I've learned that it's my responsibility perhaps obligation to parent. What do I mean by the term parenting / parent? I mean be like you. A family first type of man. And family is defined by how I designate so that blood and marriage not the only parameters. To be the best co-worker, friend, partner,

So I discovered that I have an agreement with  Bluehost  and  Wordpress  for an entire year that I can't break. That means I paid for a website, hosting of it, and the URL, for a company that doesn't exist. *insert sarcastic remark here* Awesome! I do find it amusing that this is a post (blog) driven website much many other platforms have transformed into. I noticed that Blogger is the format - you can have pages (static) or posts (dynamic) or pages of posts (kinda a blend of both worlds) Now I'm conflicted.  Do I maintain two blogs simultaneously? Or do I maintain the free one (Blogger) that I've had forneverness in favor of the pre-paid? Or maintained the paid one knowing it'll be deactivated / deleted in a year's time?  What would you do? I'm gravitating to writing one post but copy the entry to both so I can maintain blog integrity. In the early days of web logs ('blogs or blogs for short), I would start with one company such as Live