Opening Day

Thanks for taking just a moment to check out my blog. I really have no idea what I am going to say or do but my idea started just a week ago. One of my co-workers asked how I was doing and I spouted the normal nonsense about being just fine. After that I accidentally opened my mouth about an idea for a blog and here tis.

Before proceeding, I'll just write a wee bit about myself. I am getting married in September. I have two wonderful children from my first marriage. I am gainfully and contentedly employed. I pay my child support regularly and speak cordially with my former spouse on a daily basis. I enjoy doing laundry but I hate mowing the grass that surrounds my humble urban home.

If you are reading this, and may G-d have mercy on your soul if so, then you can expect to see posts about one of three topics:* Faith, music and baseball. In reverse order, I offer this explanation. Baseball is the greatest of all sports in my humble opinion; I do not know why I feel this way and this blog offers some perspective and research on the topic.

What started as a part-time job turned into a seven-year tenure in a really great record store, except the store didn't sell very many records, exactly zero for most of my time as an employee. That job spawned another hobby as I delved into small-business ownership as the founder of a tiny little concert-promoting company. When it comes to music, I know what I am talking about...usually. Anyway, if I hear a good album or see a great show (or know that one is coming to the area), I am likely to blog about it here.

Finally, on matters of faith, I had the really great opportunity to attend seminary a few years back and served a small church as their pastor for a little over a year-and-a-half.  Perhaps more than any other reason, I write this blog to spill my thoughts on faith and religion and why it is such a mess in so many places, perhaps nowhere more so than in my own cranium.

*This is NOT to say that I won't pour other thoughts into this blog and potentially talk about those. You, reader, have been warned. Or promised. Or something.

It is likely that this blog is the only thing keeping me from running and hiding. I can only hope that it is not too late.

jamie