WordPress, in their infinite wisdom, thought it would be a good idea to put a little blurb in here so you knew your site was working. Well, as is my nature, I’m going to hijack this little blurb and use it to say greetings. Welcome to my new toy.

This little adventure began with my oldest son giving me a journal for Christmas, right after my granddaughter was born. Inside the cover of that journal was a note asking me to convey some of my “wisdom” in its pages to pass along to future generations. Now I’m not much for sitting down and writing a bunch of things out, which is a little odd because I like to write things out, but when it comes to something like wisdom for the ages, it feels like something that will be constantly revised and no one wants to read a journal with half the pages scribbled out and re-written, so in true Opa fashion, I build a website and start my journaling here.

I will admit though, it feels a little disingenuous to have spell check and be able to go back a rewrite things. I may have to explore leaving some of the cross outs in the original, just for a touch of authenticity and Opa flare. [Now where is that strike out function?!?]

With all of that said, welcome to a new experiment. Not only an experiment in technology, but in journaling, writing, and hopefully passing a few things along for the ones I will eventually leave behind. I’m sure I will elaborate on this a bit more in the future.

-Opa

PS: I found the strikethrough. Let the games journaling begin!

Ok, so we are going to start things off a little slower this time. For those that don’t know, I am a computer nerd by trade. I mention that to tell you that this is the second time I have built this website. The first time, I got a little bit big for my britches… and well… I kinda broke it. We have a wealth of knowledge at our finger tips (the Internet), and as usual, I went HAM before doing any research.

The moral of the story is that it is good to charge in, but do it with your eyes open. Charging blindly into something, even something for fun, can lead to you running smack dab into a tree. Even with all of my old hobbies (woodworking, DIY) and my newer hobbies (3D printing, YouTube, shooting), I try to make sure I have done at least some research to educate myself. I never want to be the guy that buys all the wrong stuff and wastes a bunch of hard earned money because I was too “cool” to take a little time to research things upfront.

Be good to one another.

-Opa