I’m just a guy trying to figure out my new life.  I used to blog a lot and thought it might be nice to do this, but without telling friends and loved ones or sharing on any of my social media sites.  This site isn’t hidden, just not projected to people who know me.  That way I can be candid but still write in the way I like to for this kind of thing.

I imagine there will be some good and bad times, some instances of TMI.  Hopefully I can make you laugh, cry, or at least feel something.  Really though, dear reader, this isn’t primarily about you.  This is about me getting stuff off my damaged chest in a safe and comfortable way.

Also, I get scatterbrained sometimes and I have a lot of new stuff going on.  If the posts stop for a while (and anyone actually reads on any kind of regular basis), please don’t assume I’ve died.  While that’s definitely possible, the likelihood is more that I’ve just gotten sidelined with other stuff.

Also also, I’m a big fan of Harvey Pekar.  I totally copped the title concept for this blog while I was lying in cath lab thinking I was probably going to die, but also thinking about how cinematic and surrealistic my current experience was, and that I needed to write about it if I somehow came out alive.  Check out American Splendor (comic or movie) and his Our Cancer Year segment.

Also also also, I played with SQL for a lot of my adult life and have been getting back to it.  As a result of this I use single quotes for quotations instead of double.  I know this is improper.  I don’t care.  It’s habit/stylistic choice.  Just thought I’d put that out there.