A couple of years ago, one of my closest trivia “comrades” kind of encouraged me to inject some life into this blog by paying some compliments to my writing, confessing that they were “a fan.”

So I did it. I brought over years and years worth of trivia recaps from my trivia team’s Facebook page to this blog site. It was a tedious process (so much copying and pasting, ugh). Still pales in comparison to some of the real physical labor I do in my “real” job that pays me!

A couple of years later, this same person – who pretty much inspired this whole blog into being what it is today –  has pretty much…cut me off. I am being effectively shunned like the Amish by this person. Which breaks my heart, but it hasn’t stopped this blog page from being what it is today! And for that, I thank all of you! And I thank the person who started it all.  I don’t know if the person who inspired me to inject life into this blog still stalks my blog or not (how the Hell would I know?)

I’m not going to resort to hate about this. It’s not part of who I am. I always leave doors open to people, no matter how they treat me. I was raised by a loving hippie mom – so forgiving and forgetting – and not burning any bridges with anyone – is all part of who I am. The whole “forgiving and forgetting” thing” reminds me of a quote from the 1980 movie 9 to 5, though it isn’t EXACTLY germane to what I’m talking about here…(I still think it’s a great quote so I am going to include it anyway even though it’s not really remotely anything like me):

It sounds WAY better coming out of Dolly Parton when she’s dealing with her lying, sexist, egotistical hypocritical, bigoted boss! Again, it’s not anything like how I feel about any of this (except the “forgiving and forgetting” part). I wouldn’t even know what to do with a gun!

Now, I have 75 blog followers and have had 7.739 blog views as of today in 2018. I will never forget the person who helped inspire this to happen. Thank you for encouraging me. Nothing happens in a vacuum – and not to sound churchy, but everything happens for a reason. I owe a lot of what this blog is today to my original “muse.” If you’re reading this, I hope you appreciate what I’m saying. I appreciate everything you said to encourage me to inject life into this blog.

That is all…