How do you start a blog? (Apparently that’s how).  But seriously, the way I look at it is that to do something properly, you need to understand the task at hand. And unfortunately I in no way understand anything of or relating to the blogosphere. Here’s where I’m at: I googled (its now a verb, check Websters) blog and it said it is an online journal. Journal? Like, diary? Hmm, that doesn’t really sound like me. You might be reading the first and last post of the shortest-lived blog ever.

I used to get a subscription to Sports Illustrated for Kids when I was younger and although the pictures in it were pretty, the best part was the Buzz Beamer comic at the end. No questions asked. As I got older and SI for Kids became real SI, the editorial by Rick Reilly at the back took the cake. Finally I bought a book compiling the best of his editorials. I thought he was the greatest human on the planet. Problem being is that I could never be him since he came from a very scholarly background having been a journalist before he made the move to sports editorials.

This is where the one and only Bill Simmons came in. What can I say about the sports guy. Hilarious? Witty? Unorthodox? Yes. I think I’ll stick with unorthodox. This is why I was drawn to him. As long as I passed the Grade 10 literacy test and had access to the internet I was fully qualified to join the ranks of the blogosphere.

Okay, so there’s where I’m coming from. My blogging checklist now reads
1. Write intro: Check
2. Think of funny things to write about:

I’ll have to get back to you on number two.