And so it begins

Despite the best efforts of technology and the collective gene pool that runs Web 2.0, I have finally managed to set up a blog. I know what you're thinking (I confess that it is a bit presumptuous to think that anyone is reading this and if anyone is reading it, that what I have written might be causing them to think... but hey, it's my blog and I can believe what I want!). You're thinking that setting up a blog is easy. You did it after all, so what's the big deal?

Well, it was a big deal for me.

I tried setting up my blog through WebPress but couldn't navigate the design templates. I attempted setting it up directly through Google but when I tried to register for a blog, Google kept kicking me out because my age didn't meet FCC regulations. Now, I'm 63 (although my daughter's assure me I don't look a day over 62) and if Google's crack software can't read a birth date properly, you have to wonder what else it can't do well. I finally got set up here after three days of effort and while I am not completely happy with the look of the thing, it will do for now. I have other issues to get off my chest.

The most difficult thing about having a blog isn't finding things to talk about, it's getting control of the overwhelming number of things swirling around in your head that you do want to talk about. There is so much that is worth a good rant, it's like being a fat kid locked in a Hershey's Chocolate factory overnight. You could overdose on it all.

For me it comes down to categories and the categories I will be talking about in this blog are: politics, the impact of change, social issues, political correctness, activism and one of my favourites....stupid people. There are over six billion people on the planet and more than half of them seem to be sharing one IQ. I also have a miscellaneous category because I'm too lazy to categorize some of the other things I'll probably rant about but more on them another day.

I intend to try and write something every day although I'm not very disciplined and am easily distracted by just about anything, especially my dog Jasper, who spends a great deal of his day following me about in the off-chance food will magically fall out of my pocket. I'm not sure where he got that idea because food has never fallen out of my pocket but it seems to be his fantasy and what is a life without a little fantasy in it?

So there you have it. The first official first post of A Bear's Rant. Oh boy, just what the world needed...another blog. Hold the applause until you really mean it.


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