Some Blog History

I have now been publishing this piece of shit blog for around thirty-two years (since January 2005 actually) and have finally come to the point where I am going to shed my online persona entirely. My involvement with social media is making it more difficult to remember who I am supposed to be on a particular site. When it was just this blog, it was very easy to keep track of the levels of privacy to exhibit. Now, the line is more blurred. Utter simplicity is desirable for me at all levels.

All shall be blended together. I am NOT ashamed of s single one of my opinions and honestly know that my ideology and philosophy is RIGHT, JUST, and CORRECT. There exist no doubts at all in my mind.

When I first started writing this blog, it was to exorcise the demons that I drug along through life because of the loss of my wife, my best friend, my future. I knew when she died in April of 2004 that I was too young to simply stop living myself. Yes, it was very difficult, but it was not an event that was insurmountable. Loss is inevitable for someone in every relationship. Some crumble, but some experience the freedom to move forward and further enjoy the life that remains. I am one of the lucky ones.

But, holy shit, did I drink to excess.

The past four years of blogging has helped me develop further the ideology that is my driving force and the direction and inspiration of everything that I am.

Y'all know that my son is soon to be a Navy man. He too shall move on and leave old dad behind as he builds his life and I would assume starts a family of his own. Yes, that too is bittersweet.

What y'all probably don't know is that Bean and I are no longer together. We split up last year in August and tried to keep being friends, lovers, confidants, and partners. It was simply impossible. Since we met way back in September of 2005, we have had our share of problems, but it is totally my fault. I am difficult to say the least. When you throw two fiercely independent folks in the same box, the passion is unimaginable, but the volatility is much too harsh, too. I love those that have the misfortune to get close to me with the intensity of one thousand suns and it breaks them. Literally, figuratively, however you want to describe it.

Bean was the last thing keeping me as a pseudo-anonymous blogger. Of course, my real life friends that comment here shall be as anonymous as before. Just because I am going to brave the Muslim death threats does NOT mean that they have to as well.

Anyhoo, the whole purpose of this post is that I am going to shrug off the Two Dogs moniker and go whole hog into this blogging thing with my real name. I am still working out the particulars with Bean's military thingy and might have to ditch the posts of her entirely, depending on how the logistics work out and her wishes. If you are my friend on any of the social networks that I frequent, bear with me and do not out me yet, please.

I assume that with this major change about to happen that the content of this blog shall change somewhat as well. How much remains to be seen, I am kinda direct with my opinions, but together, we shall certainly work it out.

Thanks for reading and commenting y'all. It is all about the conversation for me. And wear a cup.

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