This is where you might expect me to insert a large microphone graphic and ask a trite question. I'm not going to do that. It has been months since I posted anything. Well, there's not been much I've wanted to post about. I have been plenty angry about things going on in the world, in the United States, in Ohio and right here in Cincinnati. I've used my Twitter account (@cincyblog) to vent most of my indignation. Twitter is find for doing that, just posting angry rants is not what I ever wanted this blog to be about.
This blog is not one thing, but most importantly is for my views and the information that I believe is important. I am not a professional journalist, just in case anyone was foolish enough ask, but I've been doing this for over 20 years. Yeah, I let my 20th anniversary go unnoticed over the last few months. That's not a big deal, even for me. If it were a big deal, I'd have done something. I would have remembered it, for one thing, so other than pointing that out, I am not dwelling on the past.
One of the reasons I started this blog was for me to express myself. I've enjoyed having my own small soapbox. I never did much to cultivate an audience. I am not going to change that much now. I honestly don't do this to get people to like me. You can't express vies that are critical of others and expect for them to like you. I do want to say thank you to those who do read it. There are few of you still around and I thank you for reading.
What brings me to blogging again today is that I need a better means to express myself. My attempts on Twitter just don't cut it. That site is good for somethings, but it is not good for expressing yourself. A couple of sentences is just not how I write. I have this blog as a platform and I need to use it. I can ramble on for thousands of words with no realistic limit and be myself. Twitter is limiting. Don't get me wrong, I am still going to use Twitter (unless Musk mucks it up.) It is still the only real-time social media tool that delivers news. It only works well, however, when it's used to deliver links from other sources with real content, like this blog.
With that in mind, I'm going to deliver from here more often. I will try to link my blog posts out to my various social media accounts, but am not going to go overboard on that. I want to spend more time with ideas. Those ideas may take this blog beyond Cincinnati more often than before. It may also be the case were Cincinnati becomes the template for those ideas. I am going to explore a bit. I will still have political coverage. I will take out the knives on occasion, but won't make that my emphasis.
I won't be holding my punches, but I will do my best to hit the ideas, not someone's nose. I will, however not hold back on my critique of the actions and inactions of people who venture out into the public sphere. I've been attacked for daring to question the motives of people. I am not going to stop questioning people's motives. Feigning righteousness is not a defense and the ends do not justify the means. No-one's views are beyond reproach, but their right to exist is.
Time to have some fun.
Great to have you back.
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