Bienvenidos

Being the anal, type A person that I am (cue the collective gasp of disbelief from the people I know at that self description), I will commence my adventure in blogging as I would any other endeavor, by laying out some ground rules for myself and all my loyal readers (aka, my mom). I have learned in my 25 years that many a disappointment can be averted by simply entering a situation with healthy expectations (and by healthy, I mean low). So here is what you should and should not expect from my contribution to the already drivel saturated wondrous thing we call the internet (thank you again Al Gore):

I am not particularly insightful, deep, poetic, or witty (but always self-depreciating), so if you happen upon this blog hoping to be moved, enlightened or even remotely entertained may I direct you to smose.blogspot.com instead. What I can promise is at least a monthly synopsis on my progress in saving the world assuring everyone that I am indeed still alive having not been swallowed by a Guatemalan sinkhole.

I enjoy parentheses. I intend to use them frequently.

I am quite possibly the worst speller in the world (bottom five easily). In the event that I do not have access to a spell checker, please do not interpret my inability to spell as a reflection of my intellectual capacity.

For the most part I intend to keep this blog at the PG level. While there will not be any gratuitous profanity, an obscenity might be used here or there but only in a tasteful manner to fully relay a story or incident.

Prepare yourself for sarcasm…lots of sarcasm.

Feedback is appreciated, although only the positive will be taken into consideration.