Our scene opens on an attractive young man (actually, a mid forties bald guy) laboring to craft great literature from the aether (actually, he's whacking away at the keyboard like one of a thousand monkeys hoping for Shakespeare, but being content with coherence). He has tried before to find his way putting his voice out into the internet. A couple of pointless YouTube videos, a handful long forgotten podcast episodes, and a few flailing, misdirected, and failed attempts at blogs. And yet, in a burst of probably misguided optimism, he tries again. After an inspiring introduction like that, how can you fail to be inspired? How can you not instantly join him in his quest... for whatever it is that he's trying to do? Allow your elevated perspective to rise higher, seeing his house from above, his kids playing in the backyard or playing on the PS4, or, miracle of miracles, reading. What will we get up to here with this odd fellow named Charlie? Knowing him as well as I do (seeing as I am, in fact, him) I can promise just what the title suggests - stuff and nonsense. Following far, far behind in the footsteps of John Scalzi and his Whatever blog, we will go wherever the spirit, coffee, and my constantly shifting attention takes us. As you may guess from my self description, my interests wander far and wide. Without warning, we'll jump from the mundane to the philosophical and every bit of nonsense in between. We'll discuss books, parenting, relationships, religion, politics, philosophy, snowboarding, daypacks, man bags, YouTube videos, fitness, exercise, nutrition, the importance of health in your 30's (where I've been), 40's (where I currently find myself in the last half of), 50's (where I'm rapidly catching up to) and beyond.
My wife and I are closing in on twenty years of marriage, something I'm quite proud of, and we are having more fun together and having a fantastic love life and a pretty fantastic sex life too.
Our daughters are ten and seven, so I'll blather on about parenting and kids and how that's working out. I'll be painfully honest about my failures as a parent, how my wife helped me see them, and the painful process of becoming a better parent. I'll also share the things that we're doing right as parents, and how that may or may not help you.
I lay no claim to wisdom, only some measure of experience in these matters. I'll share what I know, you can share what you know, and perhaps we can gain of bit of knowledge and wisdom along the way.
I'll be laying down words here at least weekly, perhaps more often, but hopefully at least with sort of frequency and regularity, but really, who knows? If nothing else, I hope over time to accumulate some dross here, and perhaps the occasional glint of gold will shine forth!
Thanks for stopping by, and as always, more to come.