The First 100 Blogs

This is my 100th posting. It seems hard to believe that 99 blogs ago we were just being introduced and now look at us. I really can't believe that I have stuck with it this long. Normally I get bored with things and find any excuse to blow them off. Not this though. I don't know if it's vanity, dedication or the fact that I don't want to hear "Wife" call me a lazy quitter.

I don't really know why I'm so dedicated to this forum. I would like to think that it's out of loyalty to the readers, but since I only know three people who read this thing everyday, with me being one of them (Thanks "Wife" and Mike), it must be something else. Could it be that I find this a creative outlet for my thoughts, a way to make the mundane funny, or a cyber soapbox for my wacky views? Maybe. Could it be a way for me to forge some kind of immortality by getting my words written down for the ages. Yeah, that could be it too. Am I, as one of my friends described me "the drunk guy in the bar at the end of the night who really needs to be heard at last."? The drunk part seems right but I don't know about the rest. It may be all of those things, or none of those things. As the cartoon owl in the miter board wisely put it in the old Tootsie Roll commercials, "The world may never know."

Whatever it is that keeps bringing me back, I'm glad I'm here. I'll keep writing, and you keep reading. Tell people about it. I'm very needy, and only the validation of strangers makes me feel whole. I promise to work hard to make the next 100 posts and the 100 after that worth reading. I can't guarantee anything after that. I'm only one man, and the stress is wearing on me. I may be developing carpal tunnel syndrome. I like you people, but I won't wear a wrist brace for anyone. I'm off to watch the World champion White Sox throttle the Angels. I'm taking "Daughter" but she doesn't know it yet. Guess what I'll write about tomorrow? Later...Brian