The first post

This is, of course, the obligatory first post on this blog. Pay very little attention to it. This post suffers from the same malady that affects anyone who's tried to write a term paper or essay from beginning to end. If you write the beginning first, it's always very awkward. Based on my experience, it's better to start in the middle, put some hideously bad sentences at the beginning, and rewrite it later to fit what was written later. So, if someday, this post is magically different, you'll know what happened and can go over to the Internet Way Back Machine and bring this awkward post back to life.

Now, on to the good stuff.

The purpose of this blog is to highlight the areas I care about.

• I have been married for nearly 5 years, and am a new parent and father to a wonderful 4 month old. (home)
• I am a an application developer/system administrator for a major retailer and handle their electronic payment systems. (work)
• I am a citizen of Knox County, resident of Tennessee, and citizen of the United States....and I sometimes have an opinion to share on issues that affect us all. (community)

I hope to make this a 3-in-1 blog and use labels to separate the areas (and thus, you, as the reader, can separate the posts in kind).

There may be more areas, but this is a good start. Ok now... awkward post over!!!