Welcome to Edland

Living in Edland can be a daunting experience.  Having little of consequence to say and yet wanting so very much to say it can be troubling at best.  Actually, in making such a self-deprecating statement, I run the risk of having too many people agreeing with my self-assessment, when in fact I don't actually hold that opinion of myself.  If I truly had nothing to say, would I be here?  (Long pause)  Don't answer that.  

People who advise on such matters often say that for a blog to be successful, it ought to have a purpose. There ought to be a specific focus.  Is this a literary blog?  A political blog?  A forum for stories or poems?  A place to post reviews?  The answer of course is yes.  The uniting idea therefore reverts to the personality.  I become the "unifying" principle.  (I've always wanted to be a unifying principle.)  The "idea" behind the blog is me.  So, Welcome to EdLand.

Now having said all this, I am sincerely hoping that vanity and self-absorption do not take over, translating into a series of diary entries about the minutia of my day to day life.  And I'd like to think that if they do, I will be able to tie that minutia into some greater idea, (e.g. I picked up my prescriptions today; the cost of healthcare is sky high.)  I'd like to think that I'd do so more artfully than my example suggests, but you get the idea.  

So what can you expect Dear Reader from a visit to EdLand?  First of all, for now, I am not listing this site as an adult site, in which you'd have to click on a link to prove you are over eighteen.  (With such a vigilant "keeper of the gate" to such websites, how is it even possible that minors are able to wander onto porn sites?)    I'm not quite sure what constitutes an adult site or why I would want to list myself as such.  I am not planning to post naked pictures of myself (to the relief of us all) or of anybody else (awwwww!)  I also feel that, to list myself as such, all but invites any discourse (social intercourse?) to deteriorate into wild-eyed free for alls of randy descriptions of body parts and their functions.  And I just won't have that!  (Unless they are really sexy.)

Why do I all of a sudden feel like Sam the Eagle from "The Muppets?"

What I do want for the site is a place to post the things I have to say and perhaps get a little feedback.  I hope to work on answers to life's burning questions.  Is there such a thing as "human nature," and, if so, what does it consist of?  How will the rise of globalization affect the future of this country?  Is Fergie really "Fergalicious?"  (The answer is YES!  Especially in that truncated girl scout uniform!)  

So again, Welcome to EdLand.  Get comfortable.  Relax.  Take your shoes off.  (Cough.  Cough.)  Put your shoes back on.  And thanks for tuning in.

--The management