...and how do you do Mr. Wilson?

Hi Bnet,

I am trying an experiment with writing a journal. It will succeed or fail depending on my on-going level of interest. I have heard many times over my few years the advice to keep a journal. Now with on-line discussion forums it is very easy. And being on-line it is easy to access while away from home. The blog sites let anyone create a blog and the site provides the format. Other bnetters may want to start their own.

The full history of the postings are available and searchable. The owner of the blog can choose the level of access from none up to full public access. There was nothing to stop me over the past 20 or more years from simply writing my thoughts in document files on my computer. Somehow the convenience of an on-line, organized format has prompted my to start this project. I am not sure why, though I have participated in on-line discussions for about 12 years. It has at times been frustrating to wait of for a blog author to move on to an interesting topic. With your own blog you wait only for yourself, and every topic is interesting (to you).

I am thinking to keep a low profile since I am not interested in maintaining a public discussion group. The idea is to try to capture some of my thoughts that have accumulated over the years. Some postings may be of more or less interest to others. If I bother to write them, they are at least of minimal interest to myself. As I explain in the second post, my language skills are somewhat limited so blog readers will get what they pay for. (Except for Mom (and Dad) who paid dearly :)

As with any on-line exchange, it is always good advice to treat it like it is open to the public. So don't expose more than minimal personal information. Still anyone so motivated can likely hack into someone's personal information. I will just try not to make it easily available in one place if I can manage it. (For example, my location is shown in the image behind the title.)

The blog owner, of course, has full ability to edit and delete. So if I change my mind I may add or take away as I see fit.

As I recalled my collection of thoughts I began writing a list of topics, each enough to remind me of a subject. Including some intended overlap, the list is about 120 lines and counting. I could easily turn it into about 100 blog postings each a few paragraphs.

The blog title is "Hear I am". A play on ancient references and the view from inside.

http://james-heariam.blogspot.com/

The topics may range far and wide. I will attempt to get across why any given topic makes sense to me, even if it does not make sense to anybody else much-less is even remotely related to the level achieved by talented authors who submit to peer-review. I suppose my blog is simply James-review. A scary thought. I anticipate excitement, confusion, striving, achieving, failing, embarrassment and much more... 

If some of us start blogs, we can begin to accumulate a history of family and friends for all to enjoy.

I would appreciate any comments as people have a few minutes here and there, now and then, to whomever and whenever...

Love,

James