Here we go

Thanks for giving this thing a gander. I don't know where it will go from here, but I expect it will be a mish-mash of thoughts, stories, information, and general dumb-shittery—basically what my social media entries used to be. I'll mostly keep the entries short since I know many of you have turtles and hermit crabs to tend to. 

I have become increasingly alarmed by Facebook and other social media sites for many reasons (I'll save a more detailed bitch-fest for a future post), and they've also lost much of their effectiveness as a tool to relay information and communicate with everyone. I hope to gradually steer things back towards a modern version of an old-school approach (i.e., this blog, email newsletters, etc.). As with my approach to social media, I want to make sure it’s not always about asking for something (buy this, come out to a show, etc.) but just as often offering you something that might be of value. 

I won't yet commit to the exact dates and frequency of new posts, but I'll do my best to stay on top of it. 

I'm including a comment board. For now. If it starts to get clogged up by trolls, bots, spam, and scammers, I'll take it down immediately. Rude or offensive comments will be removed and the poster blocked. 

Responding to comments or questions might be sporadic. Yes, ZellCo Enterprises is a sprawling multi-billion dollar empire, but I keep a minimal staff. I won't say precisely how many employees I have, but it's somewhere in the more than zero but less than two range. 

So, the preliminaries are out of the way. It’s time to get to work writing a more interesting, entertaining, or informative entry #2.