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1827 or: How I’ve Still Gotten Myself Into This

01 Friday Nov 2019

Posted by TGBII in Beer, Blogging, Food, Life as We Know It, Movie Review, Music Review, Podcasting, Rant

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Salutations™!!

Deep sigh…

That’s what I just let out when I realized that today is the 1,827th blog post I’ve written since November 1, 2014. Perhaps more because I think there was at least one day, perhaps two, that I wrote more than one for a day.

On November 1, 2014, Kristen Daukas and Nick Badgio and I agreed to write a blog post every day for 30 days. All of November. I liked it and kept on doing it. I figured I’d go to the end of the year. I went a bit further than the end of that year. I’m going to repost the first post of the NaBloPoMo posts that happened on 1 November that year.

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So we know that I’m a bit erratic or even sporadic when it comes to writing these blog posts.  Some of you may think that it’s good that you don’t hear from my blabbing self that often, some complain that I don’t do it enough.  Sometimes I have things to say, sometimes I don’t.

So, I’ve recently agreed to, along with Kristen Daukas and Nick Badgio, thus far, to participate in this thing called NaBloPoMo which is some fangdangled way to say National Blog Posting Month.  The idea behind this insanity is that bloggers post every day for the month of November.

A-Blog-Post-A-Day-For-A-Month. Sheesh, the things I get myself into.

Eugene sometimes says that I get too into lists, like the Rolling Stone Top 500 (see my many posts about that lunacy); that’s a commitment. Then I get the honeymoon stories, which I have gotten good reviews for, and will continue to do those. So, the trick will be to do what I need to do in bulk. Kind of get ahead, if you will and keep them in the pipeline. Maybe, something in my life will be interesting enough to create a post here and there.

So, you, dear reader, will be either the beneficiary or the target of turmoil for my month-long ramblings. Of course, I could just let everyone down and “not find the time” or just forget. So, today, November 1 is nombre de jour (day #1) and let the madness begin!

That was 1826 days ago. I have thought about giving up the “daily” aspect of it. I think somewhere along the line I wrote about that dilemma. But, I can’t stand the thought of not having a post. My writing would go all the poop. It’s hard to fill each day. It’s hard to keep up the pace that I do. Some days it doesn’t happen. I’ll be honest. I go and backfill the spaces sometimes. I’ve gotten much busier so I’ve had less time to write but somehow, I pull through.

I’ve written a lot about music – things and albums that were celebrating some kind of anniversary or that I find interesting. I’ve written about lists. I’ve written about movies. I’ve written about food. I’ve written a lot about the podcasts that I do. I’ve written about my family. I’ve written a good bit about my son. I’ve written a great bit about my wife. I’ve written mostly about me. Or have I?

Again, this was never meant to be taken as 100% gospel or to denote that I knew what I was talking about or was even telling what really happened. I set out to do this blog written from a character’s perspective and in many ways I have done that. However, I feel I let that line blur a bit and it’s more real-life than character-driven and I don’t know how I feel about that. I want to be honest or at least be convincing. Sometimes those don’t go hand-in-hand. I want to try and bring the character back out a bit. That’s why I sign everything on here as “Scorp” and not Tim. I never try to actually hide that I’m Tim, nor that The BCPF is Stephanie or 3B is Trey. I just enjoy the code names. But, it started as an outlet for me to be creative and not necessarily straight-shooting.

Kristen told me once when I struggled to describe my blog, that it was a “lifestyle” blog. I can see that. I talk about randomness but cohesively sorted topics sometimes. But, it’s about all the things I mentioned earlier and it’s not just a music blog, a food blog (I have The Man Who Ate the Town for that), a self-help blog (Beer Dads), alcohol blog (Sipping NC then and maybe its return is imminent). It’s my life. It’s my lifestyle. So, in that, it is a lifestyle blog.

To you, Dear Reader, thank you for reading and putting up with this mess every day for the past 1,826 days. I mean, if I didn’t have comments/”likes”/follows on my blog, what would be the point of me doing it? Just to read myself talking? I appreciate your time. Here’s to the next 5 years.

Heck, I don’t even know if National Blog Posting Month is still a thing. I went back and looked at the Twitter account for BlogHer and it hasn’t moved since 2016. The website for it has events but doesn’t mention NaBloPoMo. So, I don’t know. It doesn’t matter because I don’t do it for them. I do it for me.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp (Tim) out!

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““A writer — and, I believe, generally all persons — must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource.” – Jorge Luis Borges, Twenty Conversations with Borges, Including a Selection of Poems : Interviews by Roberto Alifano, 1981–1983

Danielle Bull Comes to Visit or: The Less Desirables May 11,2016

17 Tuesday May 2016

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Salutations™!!

I’m thinking I’m going to use Tuesdays (if I have nothing pressing to say) as a review of the previous week’s The Less Desirables. I want to give you quality content and sometimes I feel I let you down with that. The Less Desirables is my flagship show and it’s what makes me tick, if you will. It means the world to me and I’m trying to overhaul it but I’m also in the middle of a move of the studio so I don’t want to get into anything that will be halted in the middle because of it. So, after June 1, or sometime around there, listen for 2016-05-11 22.37.09some changes coming to the show. Also, we record the show on Wednesdays, so this gives you the chance to listen before the new one comes out.

Danielle Bull, the owner of Bull’s Tavern on Fourth Street was the guest this past week. She came on to talk about her life, her tavern and her passion for beer. She really knows a lot about beer and that’s cool. She’s a cool lady with a great sense of humor and a wonderful guest.

Caitlin Weaver, my co-host, and I had two guest co-hosts in the studio that night. My friend Pam and my pal Nick Badgio of the band Gulley and a sports podcast, all about the Boston Bruins, called Bearly On Topic. It was cool to have them in. Danielle gave all of us some different beers to try, in addition to the Beer of the Week brought to you by City Beverage. Pam is gluten free so Danielle brought her some ciders to try.

We talked about new music that came out last Friday and who was playing at The Garage, the Official Music Sponsor of The Less Desirables. Turns out it was Gulley and we played a tune from their Salem album called, “Into the Fog.”

Caitlin is the current president of the Winston-Salem Jaycees and she has her own segment called “Caitlin’s Bowl o’Stuffs.” In that segment she talks about the goings on with the Jaycees around good ol’ WSNC. We call her “Crazy Caiti” but never to her face… or do we?

Then we had our biggest segment, the one that gets all the attention. That’s our “almost real-to-life soap opera that practically writes itself,” “As Ardmore Turns.” Some objectifying going on over in that sleepless-sleepy bedroom town.

a/perture cinema presented what was new to streaming on Netflix that week and then I reviewed Million Dollar Baby, which you read the review for on Saturday on this here blog. You can read that review HERE.

TC of our sister, sports podcast, Fan Interference, gives us the latest sports updates and headlines of the week.

Then we talk about the Beer of the Week, brought to you by City Beverage, our Official Beer Sponsor, Tröegs Brewing Company‘s Solid Sender Ale.

I’d like to thank our sponsors for all they do for us. So thanks to a/perture cinema, City Beverage, The Garage, Washington Perk & Provision Company, Finnigan’s Wake and King’s Crab Shack.

So, even though you have the run down, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t still go listen. You have time before the new episode comes out tomorrow night! Or heck, I’ll help you out. I’ll embed it here so you can listen without searching.

http://thelessdesirables.com/podcasts/051116.mp3

Happy listening!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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No Escaping or: Getting to the Bottom of Why, The TLD Way

04 Thursday Dec 2014

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Salutations™!!

Remember when I started the posting every day thingy?  Remember that I had my buddy Nick doing it with me? And remember when he dropped out before it was over?

He was on The Less Desirables last night and I asked him about it.  He gives “a reason” ish…

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Gulley on The Less Desirables, Dec. 3, 2014

 

Listen to the show to hear all the commotion!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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The Passion of the Nick or: Keep On Keepin’ On

08 Saturday Nov 2014

Posted by TGBII in Blogging, Life as We Know It, Rant

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Nick Badgio

Salutations™!!

A friend of mine, Nick Badgio, is doing this NaBloPoMo with me and is finding difficulties in topics.  A friend of his told him that all he wrote about was music and that seemed to bother Nick.

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Nick Badgio – Wedding Singer Extraordinaire

My thing about writing blogs is this: we write about things that interest us. More than that, we write about things that are our passions.  I like long walks on the beach, sipping tea in… wait!  Wrong forum for that!  Sorry.  I meant to say, there are a lot of things that I can say that I like.  But, there are, usually, only a few things that I’ll write about.  This month, however has brought out more in me than just the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums of All Time, my honeymoon, and a random diatribe about someone that pissed me off, although those things are what I write about the most.

I, too, am a musician and know that a lot of my posts are about music and I do branch out, but think about this: the bloggers that write for major news agencies, magazines, local and national food critique blogs, local news dailies (like Camel City Dispatch), etc. all write what they know and are passionate about.  Like I said on Facebook to him, I wouldn’t ever write about auto mechanics (the action, not the people) because I know nothing about them.  I may write about mechanics the people because I’m not afraid to call someone out.  Anywhat!

Write about the things you love.  Your posts will always be more enjoyable to the readers when you enjoy what you write about; when you feel it.  Don’t write about rocket surgery unless you’re into it, I won’t want to read it and I doubt anyone else would either.  Just my 2.46¢ worth (inflation and all that).

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!!

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