the first post

I’ve been reading between 5 and 100 blogs for the past 3 to for years, some more diligently than others of course but the none the less I’ve been a passive blogoshpere participant. For a long time I’ve wanted completely join the fray but have been reluctant and in many ways lazy about it. So now that I’m sub and have a bit more time on my hands, and honestly looking for something to get my hands on to fulfill my drive to do something with my life. Ultimately this is an attempt to keep my self busy in classrooms when the kids are doing the busy work I’ve been provided and I am lucky enough be in a room with a functional computer. I also want hone my bloggin skillz (hip-hopeze will be prevalent but only for comedic effect) as I plan to use this medium in my classroom in some distant time when “my classroom” actually exists.

So I should probably start by cluing you all to my blog philosophy (or should I say blogosphy). There are quality blogs out there for all purposes political activism, sports discussion, arts appreciation (and when I say that I mean anything artistic including that with the popular culture), so on and so on. So with all those blogs in mine and my own personal needs I set out to make this blog they way I see fit. That is with Dan Bern’s mantra in mind: “Collage is the greatest of all the arts.” Making this blog a gathering place for other ideas a place where I take the art and thoughts of others and paste them next to each other in a stream of consciousness style rant. Now I know I’m not an innovator in anyway but that will be my style. So amongst the possible topics to be delved into on this blog:

Music
TV and Movies
Food (restaurants and my own cooking)
Politics (I lean left)
Sports
Percussion Instruction (one of my jobs)
Educational Theory
The air speed of an African Swallow
Web-Junk (that is cool stuff on this wondrous series of tubes)
Beer Vending (my other occupation)
Turbo Hype Grooves

So that’s the deal. Read if you want. Comment if you dare. Enjoy it if its enjoyable.

I’m out