Hello, World!

It's official. I'm a blogger newbie. It took me a while to come up with a blog name that didn't confine me to a specific topic, not that it matters, but I tried to be creative about my selection. After testing the eWaters to see what blog names already exist and what type of content they had, I finally settled on "Glitch in Time." It doesn't really mean anything, although it does have a nice ring to it. Besides, the "Stitch in Time" blog names appear to have been gobbled up by seamstresses.

In the future, if I can maintain my blog composure, you will learn more about what I do. Briefly, I'll tell you that, as I've aged, I've come to appreciate the finer things in life... such as death. I know it sounds weird. My wife says I'm a morbid person for traipsing around in cemeteries. I'm not digging up graves, rather reading headstones. After years of genealogy research and finding a great-great-grandfather who fought and was injured in the American Civil War, I've turned my passion to researching those who fought for either side - Union or Confederate.

In addition to researching family history and Civil War soldiers, I enjoy reading and writing. Most of the reading I do falls into a couple different categories - science fiction & fantasy and history. Occasionally, I have been known to throw in a fiction thriller. As far as writing, I'm currently working on a sci-fi novel. It's been slow-going because of interference from my job and other hobbies. I'm looking forward to some free time where I can spin a tale stuck in my head onto digital parchment using electronic ink and getting it published for others to read and criticize.

Finally, I'm a computer geek. I haven't always been, but it seems I've always been around computers, or at least, they've been around me. Following a 17-year career as an electronics technician, I jumped into programming to alleviate my burn-out. It worked. Finding a job in the KC area proved difficult, though. There were too many laid-off Sprint programmers to compete with. They had experience. I didn't. The one job I had as a programmer for three years provided me an unrealized opportunity to learn how to troubleshoot and repair computers. The best of both worlds? The PC skills I developed led to a job as a telephone technoid for a major computer company and my own biz on the side. Then, I became a high school teacher. Now I'm passing everything I know to youngsters who are willing to learn what I have to offer them.

So, there you have it. As time progresses and the days fly by, you will undoubtedly learn more than you ever wanted to about a guy experiencing a "glitch in time."