SMUDGING THE INK

Greetings, and Thank You in Advance for Your Heartfelt Welcome!

It's just lil ol' me making a smudge on the ink of computer blogging.

Although I have been a long time user of Xanga and MySpace and more recently Yahoo 360, this is my first time here on Blogger.

Thank you, Green. [I haven't decided whether to add an exclamation mark to that or not. I'll let you know.]

Based on the above list of blog sites, it looks like I am some type of online slacker sitting around in front of the computer screen in my PJs all day writing blogs about a life not being lived. [Note: If this is you, you are still loved and your lifestyle is fine, but in your impressive computer knowledge, please don't hack me. : )] I am not intoxicated by the glow of a computer screen on a regular basis.

Far from the case of being a slacker, I live a quite active and full life. My primary blog has been MySpace, and I simply link the other sites to it. It is the number of friends who each have a preference for this blog site or that blog site, and in order to be a good friend, I accommodate those preferences. In order to have a friend, one must be a friend - even in all the technological glory.

I am still getting used to Blogger. Originally, the picture you now see was partially cut off. It is not anymore due to assistance from an outside source. [My thanks to Green for assisting me in this endeavor. I shouldn't have doubted his HTML prowess. : )]

It will take me a while to get used to this forum as it did with the others. I do see advantages to this blog site, too, so I'm not all close-minded about anything except MySpace. Besides, I'm past 35 now. Perhaps MySpace is a little too "young" for me anymore, and I know I'm not a criminal. From news reports, those seem to be the two dichotomies on MySpace, but there are many others as well - nice people, that is.

If any of you would care to welcome me to this new forum, I say "Hello!" to you in advance.

I am glad to be here.

I believe this arena is green with possibilities and potential. ;)

By the way - Is that a smudge I see? : )