What do you know? I'm writing a blog!

Welcome to my first ever blog! Yea! So far, so good. In future editions of this blog I will talk about anything and everything that's important to me. Those who know me from my posts on the QVC community already know that includes writing, NFL football, gardening (my nic over there is "gardenman") and the reality show Big Brother. In addition to that I'll occasionally blog abut my cats, tropical fish, politics, and much, much more. (I know, I know, don't talk politics. You'll alienate people who disagree with you. I like to think we're all more mature than that though, and I'll foolishly prove myself wrong.) Expect to see my daily Big Brother updates posted here first then copied over to the Q forums once the new season starts in June.

As a hint to what you can expect from my Big Brother posts, here's part of a post from last season (Big Brother 17) when our odd couple Clay and Shelly were both on the block.

Sometime today Clay will sit down with Shelli and they'll discuss the immediate future. I have a vision of the discussion going something like this:

"So, um, Shelli, dearest. Mumble, mumble, mumble, back, mumble mumble, mumble, sassafras, mumble, asparagus."

"Clay, Clay, clay, you don't have to be nervous talking to me. You know I love you and will do anything for you. What is it you want?"

"Well, you know, it's just that one of us is leaving soon and you've got something of mine that might come in handy for me."

"This shirt I've been sleeping in?" asked Shelli. 

"No, no," mumbled Clay. "You can keep the shirt. No, it's something else. Something I may need."

"What is it?" asked Shelli.

"Well, I don't want to make you mad."

"You won't make me mad. What exactly is it you want back?"

"I might, just might need my testicles back."

"Whatever for?" asked Shelli.

"Well, you never know," mumbled Clay. "They could come in handy." 

"For what? They just dangle there and get you in all kinds of trouble. It's much easier for you to let me keep them safe."

"Still, I'd like them back. I don't have much game going for me and you could lose them or something."

"Sweetie, don't you worry about that. I've got  the testicles of every man I've ever been with and I've never lost a pair yet. Trust me, they're very safe with me."

"But if I stay in the game they could come in handy. I may be forced to flirt with Meg or Becky to stay alive and I can't do that as well without my testicles."

"Well, if it puts your mind to ease, you don't have to worry about that. You see, I'm staying and you're going back out onto the streets of LA."

"What?" 

"Vanessa's been working the house for me and I'm staying, so you don't have to worry about me losing them. They'll be safe here in the house with me until finale night."

"But if I'm out of the house in LA going to clubs and whatnot, I'll really need my testicles."

"All the more reason for me to keep them here until we're together again. There are some very beautiful, but evil young women in those clubs in LA. Your testicles could get you into all kinds of trouble. No. It's settled. Your testicles stay with me where they're safe until we're together again. Now, is there anything else I can do for you?"

"No, no. mumble mumble. I guess not."

"That's a dear boy. Now lie down next to Mama and let's cuddle for the time we have left together."

  

Sad to say, that's the type of deep, insightful commentary you'll get from me when the new season of Big Brother kicks off.

What else will I blog about? Writing. I've just self-published my first book "The Campaign" and it's done okay in terms of sales. It's sold about fifty copies in the first week with me doing very little to promote it. I'm not going too promotion happy until I get some of my other books out on the market. It has drawn two five star unsolicited reviews which is very nice. "The Campaign" tells the story of how making a Super Bowl ad nearly destroyed a small ad firm. It's a quirky little book in that it's a fictional nonfiction book. Give it a look on Amazon if you're intrigued. I had a lot of fun writing it and hopefully others will have fun reading it. 

Book two, "To Rise or Fall" is nearly ready to go live. (If it isn't already live by the time you stumble across this blog.) I'm just giving it one final, final proof before unleashing it on the world. "To Rise or Fall" tells what happens when an experimental general anesthesia is found to allow one to visit the afterlife they've earned up to that time. I'm rather fond of a scene where a crooked televangelist who was faking using it to battle for the souls of his followers is given a dose of the real drug. Suffice to say, falling makes a bit of an impact on the guy.

I've got about six books completed other than some editing, cover design, and final proofing, so the hope is I'll be getting one out each month for a while.

NFL football is a passion of mine and with the playoffs now underway, expect to see a few posts here and there about the playoff games and the Super Bowl. I'm a die-hard Eagles fan, but I'm not thrilled with the firing of Chip Kelly. I keep having this vision of Chip Kelly's Niners facing Andy Reid's Chiefs in the Super bowl in a few years time while Jeff Lurie and company start yet another search for a new head coach. Oh well, such is the life of a sports fan in Philadelphia.

My fish right now are in kind of a holding pattern. I'm playing with a new filter system where fish waste, uneaten food, plant debris, etc. will be removed from the aquarium water automatically on a daily basis using a specially designed pre-filter that will be self-cleaning. If I can make that work, you'll hear much more about it in the not too distant future.

And that's about it for this first blog post. I'll be posting whenever I feel like it, and daily once the new season of Big Brother starts back up. (Please dear God let it be a good cast!) Thanks for giving this a read and if you like it, come on back. I'll be posting pretty regularly.