Raking Muck in the Third Millenium

I used to have a sign over my desk in a newspaper office long ago, in Gothic script it read Rake Some Muck Today. In today's world, raking muck is something of a lost art. I may not be able to singlehandedly bring it back, but this is a start.

27 February 2009

20/40 Hindsight

For years I wrote a column for a newspaper in Hackettstown.
While it had a certain political base, Miscellany, as the name implies, covered a wide range of topics that reflected notable issues of the day -- ok, I often wrote about my wonderful veterinarian, the challenges of buying a house and, eventually, my kids. I had eight real fans, well, seven when one of them went to jail. . .
Later, I wrote a humor column which was, at least on occasion, actually funny. Not Dave Barry funny, but cute and quirky. Ok, sometimes Dave Barry funny. Sometimes even Molly Ivins funny.
So, what did I do? Took a job with a company that discouraged first person writing. I should have known. There are lots of things I should have known but probably don't, hence the title of this blog.
Now, I'm in a position to write a column again. The only downside is there is no one to pay for it. Hence the blog.
Once I got past the fact that the word "blog" sounds like the lowest note played on a bagpipe, I decided to try my hand. After all, besides job hunting, cleaning my house and letting the dogs in and out (and in and out and in and out) what can you do all day while unemployed? Watch reruns of TV shows you wouldn't watch in prime time? It's a bit of a downer to hear the cast make fun of Mark Harmon's age when he's the same age I am! (Barely middle aged, barely.)
I haven't set a schedule for the blog. I decided to call it Raking Muck in the Third Millennium to give myself plenty of room to exercise my investigative skills, not to mention my sarcasm.
Stay tuned.

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