To blog or not to blog? Is that really the question?

At times in my life, I've come up with some things to say that have been interesting to a select few. The "masses" usually just see my funny side as I tend to find humor in everything, and I know my wit is sharp. It's not me being cocky or arrogant, I just know my strengths and weaknesses in life at age 37. So my dear friend Christian (pictured with me) is a ferociously diligent blogger about his nearly two year old son, and has suggested on more than one occasion I start blogging. About what? He suggested I write about my motorcycle trips and adventures or anything else happening in my daily goings on. But my motorcycle trips were the original trigger, and thus far I have three planned for the summer.

I'm definitely interested in doing so as a release of energy, both positive and otherwise, but I really don't know where to begin. I'm hesitant to divulge too many personal feelings and thoughts, as I never know who'll be reading the posts. Will doctors I call on or the nice folks from my corporate offices peruse my musings and make judgements of me based on the content? Will I get fired if they read something I write? Obviously, for professional reasons I'll tread lightly on certain subject matter until I win the Powerball Lottery, which will allow me to not care less about stuff like that.

Which leads me to my first tangental rant: the proper phrase is "couldn't care less" versus "could care less" about something. If someone couldn't care less, that means even if they tried they could not possibly care less about a subject and therefore implying it doesn't matter a lick to them. If someone says "I could care less about..." that means they COULD care less yet choose not to or don't have the capacity to care less.

This also ties into my absolute disdain for improper word usage, incorrect spelling, and poor grammar. For example the incorrect use of the word "irregardless" which has come to mean the same thing as "regardless", yet it's a double negative so irregardless in my eyes actually means with regard, and therfore negating the intended meaning. Here's what American Heritage has to say: adv. Nonstandard Regardless. Nonstandard meaning it's not the standard use or meaning of the word. Adding a syllable to make yourself sound more intelligent does the opposite, so stop it. Please.

Lastly, how do I get people to read what I put up here? Isn't that the idea? Or is it just for me to vent and get thoughts out in the cyberspace ether? I know I'd prefer to have a legion of religious readers and I have to figure out how to get folks to want to know what I have to say.

This should do for now and for my first real blog post. Perhaps I'll have something more substantive about which to write in the future. In fact I am sure I will as Opening Day is this Friday, a friend's birthday is Saturday night, and other events are afoot.

And as soon as I figure out the formatting issue, I promise for better paragraph separation.