For a few years I have been posting in forums of different stripes. Before that I was entirely an internet spectator. I settled on a favorite forum where the purpose of existence was to discuss vehicles, a certain brand to be sure, and more narrowly defined than that, any of those vehicles by that one manufacturer capable of hauling or towing, with or without four-wheel drive.
Yeah, trucks. Some of us are afflicted with a bug; we never grew up completely. In a dark, private corner of our hearts we still live to make noise, scatter things about, burn, blast, break, and destroy our world…and then build it back up again better than before. Actually, I have worked in the noisy, scatter things about department for most of my adult life.
I am embarking on a blog. Let me think what means. I am reminded of John Steinbeck’s words regarding a trip, his trip I suspect, resulting in one of the few books I have ever read more than once, Travels with Charley. Without revisiting it for an exact quote, he said something to the effect of “You don’t take a trip, a trip takes you”. By that, I believe he meant once embarked upon, you (we) are at the mercy of this thing that takes on a life of its own: “The Trip”. (This is subject material of an entirely different blog.)
Similarly, I believe I may be on the verge of something like a trip, this blog that may take on a life of its own. That’s part of the reason I have procrastinated so long in commencing, almost apprehensive of this impending “life”. I hope this is a good thing, this blog trip. I hope I can raise some challenging questions, bring some interesting artifacts along to show you, and give some people an enjoyable time while exploring what I have to offer.
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