First Post

First words of the first post. Hi, my name is Tom. This is going to be a blog about anything except Magic: the Gathering.

I have a Magic blog already, that's why.

I started my Magic blog on a whim just like I started this blog on a whim. But, I found I enjoyed blogging. The thing is, I've always kept a kind of a journal. Now I'm going to share it with people. Why? Not really sure. Something deep down I think. I love my Magic site and I hope I keep it going a long time, but this one will be low commitment. Low commitment, but free to talk about whatever I want, not just magical cards.

One reason I'm doing this is for myself. I want a record (even a random and scattered tiny fragmented one) of my life besides Magic. I don't want to think twenty years from now, "Well... I have every Magic: the Gathering deck I ever built documented, but I wrote nothing about when my daughter was born". So here, I get to talk about my family.

No last names, (I'm old school like that), but, as I said, my name is Tom. My wife's name is Leah. I have son Levi who is three and half and my Daughter Noelle was born three weeks ago. They are all very special to me. Much more on them later I'm sure.

So I imagine this blog will be for me, for my family (hi Mom), but also maybe for random strangers on the internet. Kind of like how a novel is for strangers. I hope this will be personal, but accessible to someone from the outside. Also, I reserve the right to quit this blog at a moment's notice. In fact, that's how my Magic blog started. In the first post I said I was worried about starting a blog then having everyone see me quit, but If you don't have any readers then what's it matter! I spend a good bit of effort promoting my Magic site, but I won't with this one. I wouldn't even know how to begin promoting a blog about anything except Magic: the Gathering. This blog is also an experiment to see what happens to a blog that is not promoted. Will Google find it? Maybe, but it's entirely possible that I will have zero views for a long time. I'm going to remind myself that that's ok and this is firstly a blog for me and my family. If any others come along for a ride then that's bonus.

Seems like a fine place to end my first post.