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How did I get here?

Well, basically, I took a journalism class in Stuyvesant High School and got hooked. Then, as I moved up through NYU and into the professional world, I ended up doing far more editing than writing, partially because I happen to be good at it, and partially because I realized that when you’re always the last person to find out about something happening, it doesn’t exactly bode well for a career as a reporter (unless you want to be a sportswriter for The New York Times).

So after several years of cursing myself for not doing any writing on my own, always using the excuse that I was too burned out from work, I finally decided to do something about it . On that note, I started a MySpace blog in 2005. The MySpace blog has been fun, and I’ll keep maintaining it, but it’s really only helpful for people who are already MySpace members. So, after one too many people said, “I’d have left you a comment, but I didn’t feel like going through the whole signup process,” I decided to find another blog host, and here I am.

My goal with this blog is primarily to have fun, but also to let off a little steam. Venting is good for the soul. Not every post will be a vent, but a healthy portion of them likely will turn out that way.

As I said to some of my good friends at our beach house in LBI last summer: I’m not cranky … I’m critically observant!

Thank you to: Sheriff Tom of the Section 39 Bleacher Creatures for the inspiration (his blog will always be far funnier than mine); my CD collection and iTunes for keeping me company; Guinness and Jack Daniel’s for attitude adjustment; and Trouble and 8-Ball (my two cats) for staying off the keyboard while I type (for the most part, anyway).

Cheers!

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