A Roller Coaster Year - 200th Post

I've been told recently that I haven't been blogging enough.  Perhaps.  But the reason is I haven't had a great deal to say.  Other things have occupied my mind.  Things over which I am still a bit froggered.

However, in the interest of keeping my fanbase, here are ten random thoughts to close the year.

• Blogging is a wonderful way to meet new friends.  It is a great place to make yourself known.  And, it seems, there are at least a few people who like me.  However, I think I like the real world better.  Perhaps that's why I haven't been around as much of late.

• Writing, it turns out, is easy.  Everything after is hard.  And discouraging.  I may not get an agent next year.  I very likely won't get published.  So be it.  Bigger things are coming.

• No matter how bad things seem, lots of folks have it much worse.

• Reading is fun.  iPad makes it funner.  My kids will read.  A lot.

• One of my favorite words is rather.  I rather enjoy rather.  Others include, flummoxed, untoward, and quite.

• I can no longer abide my neighbors and finally planted privacy hedges.  I haven't written about them recently because it is quite tempting to post pictures of the inside of their hoarding hole of a home.  That would be untoward. 

• Lest (another favorite) you ever wondered what I look like, I am one of these guys.

• I rather like my job.  It's full of kooks.  Great research material for a writer.

• I will turn 38 in a few days.  All my hair is still the original color.  

• I am going to be somebody's dad.  That's pretty cool.

2010 has been one roller coaster of a year.  It's had some highs, quite a few lows and one extreme WTF element.  As we pull into the station something new is about to open in another part of the park.  It looks like a good one.   I can't wait to ride it.

Happy New Year!