Tales of Transition

I am still learning how to keep up with the fast-paced blogosphere!  It seems like a lot of blogs I read are updated once a day, if not several times a day.  This  is puzzling yet it opens a whole new school of thought for me.  What does it take to be a serious blogger?  Well I have determined it takes several attributes, of which I posses none of them. First it takes a thought.  So many messages and thoughts pass through our 3 pound brains that we often take them for granted.  To take a ordinary, everyday activity and make it a paragraph worth reading takes an immense amount of creativity and manipulating.   Secondly it takes focus.  The ability to sit down and hash through those thoughts takes concentration that surpasses that needed for……………………………………………………….Sorry, I got distracted! Where were we? Oh yeah, thirdly it takes……well……not really sure what else it takes but when you got it, you got it! I hope that I have provided a lens, a telescope, a window into the life of a blogger.  This, of course, comes from someone who is not even close to being a serious contributor to the economy of blogging.  In all seriousness though, check out these bloggers who are definitely a giant leap ahead of me in the blog “chain of command”.   http://spencesmith.typepad.com/ - Spence Smith/ Good Friend and Artist Relations Rep for Compassion International.  http://blissfullykrissy.blogspot.com/ - Krissy Thomas/ Good Friend and Staff at Compassion International.  http://www.blogmaverick.com/- Mark Cuban/ Owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks.   

Talked to tax lady today.  She used the word “refund” several times in her ramblings about my 2007 tax situation.  I vaguely remember hearing this term used 6 or 7 years ago, so it seems somewhat familiar.  As fate would have it, Uncle Sam is writing checks to a chosen number of people.  Must be a reward for being an outstanding citizen.