Man, it’s been almost a year since I’ve done this bloggin’ thing.  I used to really enjoy it.  Then I lost all motivation.  I blame getting laid off from my job.  After that happened, screwing around on the net seemed like such a waste of time when I could be doing, well, anything else I wanted to really.  Wasting time isn’t so much fun unless it’s on someone else’s quarter. 

The longer I spent away from blogging the sillier it seemed to me.  All of these people out there, lacking the disipline to be real writers, caught up in this fad of pretending that what they think and feel has any significance at all.  Each time I thought about starting a new blog, the only thing I could come up with for a first post was how inane I thought blogging had become.  Then I toyed with the idea of an anti-blog blog.  But, seriously, what’s the point in that?  Especially when there are movies begging to be watched and video game villains pleading with me not to shoot them in the face.

Yet, here I am.  Typing words into the void, again.

This is the blog that may end up saving my sanity.  A year of severence pay has made me a creature of absolute self-indulgence.  I don’t exercise anymore.  I sleep late and spend most of my days pursuing anything that allows my brain to function on power save mode.  I need something that will kick start my intellect.  You know, until another job comes along. 

(Snicker, snicker.) 

Sorry.  It’s hard to keep a straight face when talking about finding work in this job market.

Of course, another reason for blogging again is to make my wife laugh.  I’ll also try to entertain my friends while I’m at it.  But they’re such a jaded sullen bunch I’m not counting on any such miracles occurring.  What you can count on, however, is that there won’t be anything too serious.  No grandstanding or preaching from me.  Anyone who wants that – and no one really does – can buy me drink sometime.  This blog is what is says it is.  Brain lizards.

Get it?  Got it?  Good.

Later gators.