Over a decade later! Ha this has to be some kind of record.

Upon stumbling across this blog, I have to marvel at my horror over its contents. Did I write like this? Do I write like this? Is this dismay at my previous writings a sign of personal growth? 

Anyhoo I am just delighted to update this thing over such a time-gap. Possibly I will take some time and put a real update in sometime soon, but more likely it will go neglected for a further couple decades. Maybe upon retirement it will get some love.

If you stumbled across this PLEASE leave me a notice, so far as I can tell this is one more piece of empty errata on the internet. All the best to you impossible stranger- Westy

I post on the Even Years!

Haha! It's 2010! Time for another blog post. Cracks me up that I called this blog "Rantings of a New Life's Beginnings." because at this point the blog isn't even new to me anymore. We've seen some radical changes just since 2008! Lets see what's up:

• The wife had a child. I suspect it to be mine.
• Changed employers and got promoted.
• I gave up Online Gaming for my Xbox and Marathons.
• I have ran three Marathons, a half Marathon, four 10k(ish)s, and two 5ks!
• I have the greatest number of exceptional friends in one place I have ever had (note: this does not refer to the quality of said friends, just the quantity: I still love you San Diegans, Evansvillians, Phi Delts, and even some Loogootians!)
• Purchased a house. It's a good one!
• Stopped drinking beer (or at least decreased it by 95%) due to realizing I'm allergic.

And that's just the big stuff. We have a black president now too! I happen to enjoy him very much. One of the most frusterating things at work is I can't talk back to, debate, or harm physically the people who are always loudly complaining about Barack Obama. Politics are, however, seriously on the backburner now that we're kinda in charge. Not that progressives are good about being in charge.

I hope by the next time I do this, I have finished my book. It's about a naughty tadpole who discovers fire and uses time travel to bring ranch dressing to Europe. Or it is today.

See you in 2012!

I thought this would happen!

I fully expected to neglect this blog thoroughly, and I must say even I am impressed with this level of achievements. September 06 was the last update! Well, I have been busy, managing finances and killing the occaisional elemental or dragon. I've also discovered a glorious chunk of earth known as Red Rock Canyon about 15 minutes from Suburban Summerlin Vegas. There's a bar here that appears carved from the midwestern soil and replanted here in Vegas, except with Packer Fans and a seriously decent brewery attached. Apparently Democrats also meet and drink here in yet another quality brewery!
I get really annoying about this stuff. I love it here, and I really do want to fly out to Indiana just long enough to beat my old friends with sticks until they show up in the southwest, belongings in hand, moving trucks in tow, whatever. They're not going to hear about what's going on from this neglected blog, so how the hell else are they going to find out what's up with me? Oh yes. I call them and harass them. I hope someone besides me is reminding them that Republicans are the enemy.
A post is a post!

Blogging makes an ego obese.

Ah the temptations of attention. If working in Mental Health has taught me one thing it's that we all seek attention. Blogs are the web 2.0 equivalent of Histrionic personality disorder; we're so desperate for attention that we want you to take time away from your goals and productivity to read about our crap. So it is with these prior statements of acknowledgement and honesty that I start my own collection of polished excrement, with the hope that you, dear reader, will tolerate my mad rantings. You will not go unappreciated! My ego will revel in the glory of it's being fed and think upon you kindly. Perhaps the resulting psychic influence could lead me to lend you money. This goes for you too random internet stranger, they didn't make Paypal for no reason! So I encourage everyone and anyone to post responses to any of the obtuse and obfuscated nonsense my keyboard squats out.