Changes and a little recap
Nothing at all like a chrysalis into a butterfly this thing will be changing from a weblog/blog whatever-dumb-name-used-while-describing-an-online-journal to an email newsletter. A couple things went into this decision, the first of which is the fact that my WordPress subscription is coming due in a month. This is by no means a bank breaking amount of money but the bang for the buck just isn't there for me. This means that the site will go dark but I will keep on writing, just in email newsletter form. I've given myself a week to figure out how to put a way for the twenty of you to subscribe on this and then I'll let that post ride this nonsense into the sunset.
The second reason is posting here even once a week is a bit of a hemorrhoid. Its a lot of cut and paste and import nonsense to go through. (Probably operator error on my part but I don’t want to become an expert at this platform) The idea behind the newsletter will be much of the same but once I get into a rhythm it will be better. It will include posts like these but also currated stuff from my existence. Like book recommendations, places to drink, places to eat, weird people and things, and a down the road I’m excited about adding guest authors. My friends are funny and if they have something they want to share without setting up all the stuff on their own I’ll be more than happy to provide a platform.
So far the only topics I’ve landed on for sure are Tip Top of My Brain which will basically be this thing. Whatever shoves its way to the front of my skull and onto the digital paper wins. I’m also going to include a picture of the week but I don’t have a name for that part yet. And then finally I want to include some weekly links. These will most likely be things I’ve stumbled upon that I think deserve a read/watch/listen etc.
I need until Labor Day weekend to get set up because I’m in the middle of a couple other personal projects that are dividing my attention and because this was a boring post about posting I will give you a little vague story from my meeting up with a bunch of college friends…
I went down to Des Moines as my college house band was reuniting after 30 years and it wasn’t that far away. I got to see a ton of people I lost track of over the years and they didn’t disappoint. It turns out that sexless marriage is prevalent in that crowd as it was brought up unsolicited by no less than 4 former friends both male and female. Two are just going to ride it out but as I pointed out - publicly bitch about it - for the rest of their lives. One is in the process of divorce after advertising on various dating sites for someone “obsessed with sex” and the third has declared to his wife that he is getting a girlfriend and she is good with that.
Never really someone called out as a handsome young man the years have hit him, like all of us, hard. So he turned his sites to the Philippines. I was shown pictures of “girlfriends” that I didn’t feel good looking at so every time he turned his phone my way throughout the night and it turned out to NOT be a picture of something I cared about I just stared intently at the tip of his thumb. I’m pretty sure if he commits a crime I could be called in as an expert witness to his guilt.
That didn’t end well as at one point I just yelled (it was loud and I am old) STOP. I DON’T WANT TO SEE ANY MORE PICTURES OR VIDEOS. I know his feelings were hurt as he told me near the end of the night. I have ass apologized but let him know he was in a far different spot than I. Getting back into the dating pool is my current mode and he is talking about a flesh tour of Southeast Asia. And if you were wondering I politely declined his offer to join…
One final note; obsessed with sex guy has a lovely girlfriend that I met and really enjoyed. So much so that I kept wishing he never told me that part because it made my mind wander more than usual.