An Introduction

WAYNE’S WORDS
Volume 1 Number 1
An Introduction

Blog (blȯg, bläg), noun, short for Weblog, 1999: a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer. blog·ger noun blog·ging noun.

Well, according to Webster’s that is what is going on here. I guess the proof is in the puddin’.

Introductions are probably in order. First and foremost, you are the reader. I know you are aware of that, but sometimes it important to establish things from the get-go. I guess that would make me the “blogger.” Blogger: that sounds like such a horrible word. I am sure now that I am a “blogger,” that the internet equivalent of Drain-O is going to come work its “un-blogging” magic on me and wash me right down the drain for clogging (or blogging) up the works.

Ah, but I digress. My name is Wayne and these are my words. I am not a specialist in anything nor am I a total simpleton. I am just a regular guy trying to get by. In fact, from my run-ins with blogs, bloggers and news and rumors of and about the aforementioned, I am probably the most ordinary average guy (to quote Joe Walsh) of the whole bunch.

You will learn more about me as you continue to read this, but there are just a couple more things you should know before we continue.

1.) I was “between schools” when the whole grammar and sentence diagramming lesson was being taught, so you will discover that I am not really sure of what I am doing when it comes to punctuation and sentence structure. If you are an English teacher please feel free to correct me, but know that it may or may not stick. I’m an old dog. You will probably best serve mankind by making sure the children can read and write correctly. Please, feel free to use my scrawlings as an example of how not to do things.

b.) The other item you should know (for now) is that, although I have never been actually professionally diagnosed, I am very, very sure that I have… (Mom, don’t be afraid) …Attention Deficit Disorder! (Cue shrill horror movie music) There is no sense wasting time and a 25 dollar deductible to hear from the doctors that of which I am already sure. In fact, I am so riddled with ADD that while writing this paragraph I stopped to hum the theme song from Three’s Company, read an invitation (not addressed to me) to a baby shower that was held last November & looked at the texture on the wall and pretended I was in space looking down at the clouds covering the Mesilla Valley today.

As far as the subject matter of this blog goes… your guess is as good as mine. I have no agenda. It will really just depend on what’s on my mind any given day. One day we may discuss… well, let’s just wait and see, shall we?

All in all I hope this will be fun for all of us and I am looking forward to the future of this blog whether it last a day or a decade.

Until Next Time,
Wayne