Random thoughts about why I blog

I was thinking about what this site means to me. This really came about after Donald Sensing over at One Hand Clapping quoted my Why We Fight essay right below a quote from Colin Powell. I was so excited and happy when I saw Mr. Sensing’s post that I immediately called my dad and steered him over to it. I then found my ranking on Blogstreet and noticed that I was ranked somewhere around #99,000 out of 107,000+. It then hit me that if I moved up one spot per day, I could be at #1 in about 271 years. That was a very painful reality check to say the least.

(Get ready for a bunch of contradictions.)

I write this for me. It is a compilation of my opinions and thoughts. As I write it, I really don’t care what other people think. This is me. But I do care what other people think, as shown by my reaction to Mr. Sensing’s reference to my blog. I hate being wrong, but I want people to debate me on my positions. This weblog is for my mental exercise, but I want others to be able to comprehend it. If you don’t like my blog, go away. Just keep checking back from time to time because I like watching my counter go up. The number of visitors I get isn’t important, but I do check my site statistics and referrer logs two or three times a day. I have a severe dislike for stupid contradictions, yet I just wrote a paragraph worth of them.

I’m truly happy that most people seem to find something they like here. It really makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. If you find something you don’t like – tell me. I may tell you too bad, but I’d still like to hear it anyways.

So who’s at #99,091? Got to figure out how to beat out my next target.