First Post

This is my first post. I'm not sure if anyone will ever read this, and anyone else reading it is a very small part of the point. But, just in case anyone ever wants to, here's an introduction.

This blog is kind of like a barf bag for my head. I have other blogs, but I'm an associate with others and those blogs have a purpose. They have specific things I need to write about. This one is for all the other stuff I want to write about, either to get it out of my head or to kill time, as it comes to me.

Now here is a list of things I like, and thus things which will probably appear on this blog.

1. Lists.
2. Cooking. In another life, I would have pursued a culinary degree, but it's too late for that. Now I just practice in my kitchen.
3. Sports. I'm a sports nut, but probably not the kind you're use to. I'm very passionate about the Cowboys, Washington State and the Rangers (in that order), but I despise homerism and trash talk. I'm also a huge advocate of a logic-based, objective approach to sports conversations. For baseball, this means I'm a huge advocate of sabermetric research, or the quest for objective knowledge in baseball. For football, this means I mostly don't have much to talk about, since everything is a small sample size littered with unreliable stats and opinions are based almost entirely on suspect anecdotal evidence.
4. Theme Parks. This primarily means Walt Disney World, where I have been a Cast Member in the past. I intend to spend a bit of time talking about the Disney parks and themed design here, since I have a blog outlets for the other two things. This includes all theme parks, though. Even crappy amusement parks like Six Flags can be fun.
5. The Outdoors. One day, I will hike the Pacific Crest Trail and maybe this will be where I write about that. I don't get outside as much as I use to, and that is the biggest current temporary regret in my life.
6. Video Games. This is another thing that will be getting a lot of play here. I really like video games and like talking about them. And that will happen here.
7. Other Stuff. Like Star Wars and Calvin and Hobbes and the Far Side and overplayed internet memes and micro brews and dogs and my beautiful, quirky girlfriend and people watching maps and coffee and peanut butter. Off the top of my head.
8. Lists.

That's all I've got right now.