Incoming Grand Marquis At 50MPH - Hold Onto Your Lederhosen!

It's been a bit since I've posted an entry here, but that's why it's called "Occasional Smatter" and not "Daily Smatter". I purposely named it as it is so that I could take a break once in a while. I know that the two or three people that have actually ever visited this blog and still come back could handle more frequent posts, but quite frankly, my life isn't THAT exciting. HOWEVER, I do have some interesting news. I was in a car accident - yes that's right, one of those things where you get whiplash without paying to ride on a rollercoaster. I won't bore you with details, but I will say that the people who accidentally hit us were very nice, and I certainly hope the both of them are okay. Fortunately everything is going smoothly with the insurance companies, which is of course, good news; bad news being that my car now has a permanent record of damage which will cripple the resale value. On a lighter, but also very heavy note, I have been very busy at work. In fact, I think it safe to say that I have more work to do today and in the next couple of days that I will be able to handle, but I will press on because I can only do so much, right? You may also question why I am sitting here writing in my blog and not working, and the simple answer is this: I like blogging better. The more complicated answer: I'm taking a few minutes for a creative purge - I like that my blog is mine, that it's for no other person. I can write what I want, vent how I want, and express my creativity in the most pure form, and hope that anyone who reads it will at least have a better day because of it. I have heard recently that blogging is sweeping the nation, and I must admit that I did get stuck in the bristles of it. I say to all of you bloggers - keep writing, give all the nonbloggers something to do at work. We are creating an archive of our world, in our time, as we see it, and our writing will prove useful to history professors in years to come.