I'm not much of a writer...

You know those people who are like: "I am so terrible at X.  I mean I really stink at it.  No ability whatsoever."  Then you observe them doing X, and you notice that they are ridiculously good at X.  I mean deeply talented at it. The kind of good at it that you couldn't be if you practiced all day, every day.  I'm talking LeBron-good-at-basketball good; Paul-good-at-almost-dying for Christ good; Kardashian good-at-being-annoying good; Buffet-good-at-investing good.  I'm talking Kelly-good-at-loving-people good, my mom-good-at-giving good, and my dad-good-at-consistency good.  That kind of good. And then you realize it:  You were duped.  They were saying "I am so terrible at X"...but they meant "I am deeply talented at X, and it's so obvious that I'm talented at it,  that I need to be humble in advance so that you won't feel like a dust mite in my presence".

Well, that's not what's going on here.  

I am not setting you up to be wowed by my clever wordsmithery, dizzying-yet surprisingly understanding-intellect, or poignant and wise prose.  Alas, none of those things exist.  Actually, does anybody know of way that a talented writer can hack  into my brain and write this blog for me?  I want it to come across as though I just typed it out on my phone without much thought while using the restroom, but also somehow come across as if was written by Herbert, Joyce, and Proust combined. But I still want it to be my thoughts.  My feelings.  My questions.  All those things, but without the embarrassing fact can't I can't write worth a Hoover Dam.  No?  This technology hasn't been invented yet?  Ok, moving on then.

At least I have a plan though, right?  At least I have that to hold on to.  The top 10 stocks to double your money in 2014.  The three things I wish I had done with my daughter while she was 4.  The 7 best restaurants in Greenville, SC.  How to connect with God in the face of busyness.  6 reasons that IFRS is better than GAAP for analyzing a consumer staples company.  How to trick your toddler into sleeping late.  Best Christian books written before 1800.  How to harness the power of compound interest in your portfolio.  How to amass an amazing bobblehead collection.

Nope.  No plan for this blog either.  (Actually, feel free to contact me about the bobblehead collection.) Maybe it will evolve over time...though usually when I don't have a plan for something it doesn't do a lot of evolving over time, so that sounds pretty implausible. 

I guess this will be a place where I write down some of my thoughts and experiences.  Lots of those thoughts and experiences  typically center around who God is and why that matters, what is going on with my family, what food I am eating, have eaten, plan to eat, or wish I was eating, which stocks I think have a good risk/reward profile, what's going on in sports, how I can engage in my community to meet needs there, what books I am reading, and how can I live in a way that makes an impact on those around me.  So I guess maybe this blog will have to do with those things.  And if anyone wants to see certain things in my blog, feel free to let me know.  (Mom, I'll send you more pics of the grandkids as soon as I can...no need to ask for those here.)

Guess I just started a blog.