Why a blog?

It's been awhile since I last wrote anything here. Now, given that I am probably the only person reading these posts at the moment, it is unlikely that my absence was missed. On the other hand, I didn't start this blog so that I could extol the wonders of my daily life, and I kept from playing about with one for so long because I feared that I start using it as an excuse not to eMail my friends (e.g., "I'm sure they're keeping up with my life by checking my blog").

So why did I start it then? I have no idea. Well, that's not entirely true. I started it because:

1. there are cool, interesting, informative, questioning, progressive, etc., blogs out there so there has to be something to all this;


2. I like to troll blogs now and then; see what sort of 'normal' lives people are living... I guess it gives me a feeling of calm sometimes to realize that not everyone is globe trotting, jumping from planes, winning national awards, etc.;


3. a whole bunch of the xhtml/css authors who are pushing web standards forward got in on this massive overhaul of the Blogger site. These people are doing a lot of very cool things on the web right now, and if they've taken the time to contribute to Blogger, then I want to try and find out what they saw in it (...hopefully more than just a great portfolio piece!)

...and the (more-or-less) main reason that I started doing this was as to record the experience of my move. The building of the home, the actual moving day, the bills, the stresses, the learning... the whole experience. Unfortunately it has started with a three month delay. But I shouldn't complain since this is all part of the "moving into a new home" experience. So I guess, despite my frustration from the delay, it makes for a logical first step.

There you have it... a mission statement of sorts. A defence of sorts. And a message to say that I haven't forgotten about my little blog. Just haven't said much this past week (oh, and I've started using Firefox over IE, so my access to the "BlogThis" button is gone... although I think someone has written an extension for Firefox to mimic the BlogThis functionality. I love open source.)

Have a good night everyone.

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(ha ha! I just tried the spell check function that Blogger offers... guess what the funniest "spelling error" it detected was? "Blogger"... followed closely by "blog".)

I need a weekend...

I need a weekend. Lucky for me, one came along! But why do I need a weekend you ask? Well, I got "the letter" from my builder last night (registered mail... guess they want to ensure that the bad news gets to you) and not only has it been pushed back without much of an explanation, but my home will no longer be built in a factory (this new-fangled "modular construction" technique that is supposed to be tons better). Yup, one little line in the letter says something about being build "on site" due to delays.

Whatever.

I'll worry about it next week. For now, I'm off. Have a good weekend everybody!

Three Month Delay?!

I was going to be moving this summer... now I'll be moving this fall. I just called my builder wondering why, with less than three months to go to my original closing date, I still didn't have a basement. Apparently they've "had to" move back "a few of" the closings for my development. But three months?

Ugh.

A letter is coming in the mail... guess I'll have to see if it offers any more information. The lady I spoke with was very nice, but not too generous with the details.

My First Post

I don't really know what to write for a first post, but here it is.