The First Step
The First Step
I have been meaning to start a blog for some time. But really, who wants to read my thoughts?
First, I feel like I write like I think which is not always a good thing. Many times I am incoherent, going off on tangents and possibly missing my point. But I digress, I suffer from a serious case of "who gives a crap about my thoughts?" I have (kinda) got over this fear and find myself here.
Second, what format would my blog take? Most blogs focus on one theme, but I don't think like that. I constantly think about everything. This is not an exaggeration. I wake up between 2 and 4 AM all the time and can't shut my brain off due to the various ideas I am processing. I decided to take a page from one of my heroes, George Carlin, and just share tidbits that I mull over and possibly larger, more well thought out ideas. Thus why I have called this blog My Brain Crumbs. This blog will be bits of everything. I will tag specific posts with a specific topic like #education or #STEM. But I can’t promise that I won’t get into my other passions like movies, sports, gaming, art, music, theatre, science, space, etc. (Did I list too many? I could have kept going but thought I had too many.) I will also probably post old blogs that I had published on other sites or articles I wrote for magazine publications. No matter what, this will truly be the things that fall out of my brain. I hope it feels like we are conversing in person, except for you are trapped and can’t get a word in edgewise. Wait, many of my friends might say that is exactly like conversing in person with me. Doh!
Third, how should I format this said blog? Well I am cheap. I will spend tons of money on my classroom and family, but when it comes to my diversions, I can be stingy... so Google's Blogger it is. I did splurge for the URL, but I have never found investing in a domain name to be unreasonable.
Fourth, how much do I need to write? I know some people suggest up to 2,000 words. But my thoughts are not always that expansive. Sometimes they are just a random observation. So don't expect a tome for every post.
Lastly, what voice should I use? Sounding all professional is not really me. I mean, I CAN sound all professional, but I like to use the voice of where I grew up. I was born and raised in Delco located in southeastern Pennsylvania. This area has been popularized by Tina Fey and most recently by the streaming show Mare of Eastown. Don’t worry, I don’t plan on “murduring my durdur” in this blog. But I should warn, despite all you hear about people from Delco, our support for our local sports teams (Go Birds!), our short fuses, and our debates about food (just say no to cheese whiz!), this all comes from our passion. We are super passionate about who we are and where we come from, and some people don’t like that. What this means is that some of my posts might come off passionate.
That’s it. That’s all I want to say for now. I will try to post on a regular basis, but life is most important to me, so if I don’t post regularly, I apologize in advance.
One more thing…I will probably write some things like “lastly” and then realize I want to add one more thing. I know I can go back and edit my post before publishing, but that would defeat the feeling “like we are conversing in person,” so I am not going back to edit my thought stream.
This isn’t my first time writing on a weekly basis. Back in college I wrote a newspaper column called “Ask Anthony” which was like “Dear Abby” meets Howard Stern. Essentially I would answer peoples’ questions but if it was a ridiculous question, it would get a ridiculous answer. (One quick example was someone submitted, “Dear Ask Anthony, Everytime I fill the tub to the top with water and get in, the water overflows. What should I do?” My response was, “Get in head first.” Now some might think this is horrible, but it was all in good fun.) When someone did, rarely, submit a serious question, I took the utmost care in answering the question. That being said, I ended every column the way I am going to end all of my posts on here. It’s just another crumb from my brain. I hope you enjoy what is to come.
Peace, love and you gotta start somewhere,
Anthony
(And I still didn’t get close to 1,000 words!)
(I also forgot to tell you that I like to play games. I might hide simple codes in my blogs. If you see one and solve it, just email me, or direct message me on Twitter, your answer.)
