Another Attempt

It's becoming rather comical to me about this whole blogging thing.  I really do like to write, but as I've said before, Facebook has usurped a lot of the stream on consciousness observations that I would keep for blogging.  So, when I try to think about things to write, the well is pretty dry.

However, I am giving it a go again.  I've even rebranded everything, mainly because my old blog title was a bit negative sounding.  Nick About Town came into play when I started doing Instagram more often, and it has just kind of stuck.  The whole minutiae thing came that way, too.  It's in my profile on Instagram.  I really do have far flung interests, and if I'm going to do a blog that is like a brain dump, then you can expect pop culture, science, and even politics.

I make no allusions to the fact that no one may ever read any of this, but it is a good mental exercise for me.  I just need to stick to it.

It's All Coming Back to Me Now - Sorta

I used to be a frequent blogger. I think I was a pretty good one, too.  I would think about what I was going to post.  I would save things that I thought were very interesting.  It was my daily ritual that was a lot of fun.  Sometimes it did become tedious, especially when I didn't have much to say, but I enjoyed throwing my thoughts out to the wind.

Then came Facebook.

I had been on MySpace for years, and I enjoyed hacking my profile for the latest skin, stalking hot guys from around the world, and all those things MySpace.  It was never really a place I left my thoughts, and I was really losing interest in it.  While I had heard of Facebook, I really didn't have much of an inclination to join it.  This was 2007.  I was already 32, and something for college students, didn't really appeal.  However, being the political nerd I am and a supporter of Hillary Clinton, when the New Hampshire Primaries came around, and ABC had a joint debate with Facebook, I decided to give it a whirl -- not knowing that it would eventually destroy my will to blog.

As Facebook grew in popularity and more and more of my friends were on there, it became the default place for my odd links, political rants, and goofy ideas.   Instead of saving things for the next day's blog, I would simply just blurt it out on to Facebook, and as that became easier and easier to do, I began to blog less and less.  I eventually just got tired of even coming up with ideas to write about, and I simply just stopped.  I'd start again after a few month, and then it would just taper off.   The last time I did that lasted until the Golden Globes in January, but I am back.

We'll see how long this lasts....   ;-)