This is the 99th blog that I am publishing. That
number astonishes me as a while ago I wrote a blog entitled “CTOS” which stood
for I Can’t Think of Shit. Since this is the 99th offering, I guess
there is no Imodium for the brain.
Yesterday, a friend with whom I often, regularly do not agree
with, especially when it comes to politics, said to me that he doesn’t read my
blog because it is too political. True, I express my thoughts very succinctly
and with some basis for why I do think that way. It is OK to disagree with me.
In fact at the end of each bog I say “That I My Take You decide.”
One thing comes to mind is that if you don’t agree find out
why. I just saw Michael Moore’s “In Trumpland.” That film is a great expression
and illustration of divergent views. (Even Trump loved it – not for the
content, because his name was in the title). So many times in my life people
who knew more than me about an issue convinced me to look at an issue in another
way – or re-enforced my reasoning.
I started writing this blog to vent, to get stuff off of my
chest. The fact that this is number 99
blows my mind as I didn’t think I had that much stuff on my chest. So, I tried
to categorize my blogs to what I really write about. I put them in three categories
although there could be more. I simplified the categories into three areas:
- Political
- Personal
- Travel
In the past 16 years we have had two presidents. One of no
ability and one of amazing intellect and a great communicator. There was and is so much fodder to write
about how could I not write about the political scene. Frankly, the election
that we are involved in now is ripe for writing. However, of the 99 blogs, only
27% were political.
Daily events generate some much news that it is hard to
decide what is worth writing about. Today’s issue evaporates as another open
mike recording presents itself. Or an e-mail that has you reading between the
lines. So, what is good content? I am at a point now that I cannot listen to
the pundits. Kelleyanne is the ultimate blond joke. Mayor Gulliani is the
ultimate Italian joke. Are there idiots on the left, sure but they are kept
quiet. Ok, so now I have written about them!
However, more fulfilling is the Personal Category. That is
53% of the bogs that I wrote. In the Personal category I could have broken the
blogs down even more to Religion, Memories, Family, etc. All of that is
included in that Personal blogs.
I wrote one blog of how telephone numbers from the past
generate wonderful memories. I actually remembered the numbers and that too, blows my mind. One of the most read blogs
was, “Hi I Am Peggy.”
That was fun to write. I had occasion to talk to “Peggy”
yesterday. No, the issue wasn’t resolved he told me to talk to another “Peggy.”
I got nostalgic one February as I pondered the upcoming
baseball season and why I always feel good about that. As that was coming to
fruition, I wrote about the Pitchers and Catchers starting their Spring
Training as that is when it actually kicks in.
I even wrote about the time I felt I had nothing to write
about. I used to have friend that told that I like to talk. He was half right.
I like to listen, too. I get feed back from around the world. I have been read
in more than 30 countries – some are surprising. My second largest audience is
in Russia. I guess there is an ego factor at work here.
Within the Personal Category I discuss religion. I have come
to conclude that Religion is wonderful for many reasons, but G-d (I am still
careful, just in case) I am not so sure of. Some of the traditions within my
religion are going away and that disturbs me – so I wrote about it. I vented
and pissed some people off. It was on my mind and still is but I have come to
realize that my generation did similar things of which my parent’s generation
was disturbed by. A woman on the bema – Nooooo. But Dad, that is your daughter-in-law
up there! “She looks good up there,” he replied. End of controversy.
I wrote about seeing a psychic. I was very doubtful but
indirectly it saved my life. It was very moving, strange and weird at the same
time. I am keeping an open (slightly) mind. It was another experience that I
had that I wanted to share, so I did.
I wrote about returning home to my old neighborhood. The
street, the schools, the Synogogue the people there now.
The last Category is Travel. Travel amounts to about 20% of
my writing. That could also be lumped into Personal but I have been lucky enough to travel to so
many countries all over the world. Egypt and Israel in the Middle East. More than 20 countries in Europe, India, China
and several other far eastern countries. Thailand is one that I really like and
enjoy going to so I have spent some time typing about Thailand.
I even rode the train over the Bridge at the River Kwai. The
movie does not do that event of building the bridge justice. It was gruesome.
After spending time in Eastern Europe I wrote a blog about that
experience – especially about the
Concentration Camps. No matter how it is presented now, Eastern Europe
is a living memorial to the Holocaust.
The bottom line of this blog is to explain that in my writing
that I am trying to share my opinions,
my experiences and my emotions. My opinions are mine – if you share them, fine,
if not let me know why not. My emotions are also mine. This blog lets me deal
with them. My travel experiences are made even more wonderful sharing them and reliving
them as I write.
Those are my reasons – you decide
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