"Blogging - taste it again, for the first time"

Those who know me really well know that my favourite cereal is Kellogg's Cornflakes. In my formative years of the 80's and early 90's, the ad slogan was, "Kellogg's Corn Flakes: Taste them again, for the first time." Many a morning found me at our kitchen counter enjoying those crispy flakes of corn. I would lazily stare into the bowl, look up at the box, take a bite of my beloved flakes while waiting for the right time to sneak an extra spoonful of sugar as my mom busily worked around the kitchen preparing lunches.

Sitting here at the computer composing the first post on my blog in this new year reminded me of that slogan. It feels as though I am taking my first stab at this blogging thing after being M.I.A. for about a month! You skaters may relate if you think about those first few tentative strides you take in October/November after being off the ice since march/April. However, I'm starting to feel it again so hopefully I'm back and will be more regular. Speaking of that, and having already stolen one product slogan, I couldn't help but think that I could really use some specialized Exlax for Bloggers - "For regular bloggers who sometimes aren't." (that's my favourite tagline of all time BTW)

Seriously now, for those who have faithfully looked for a new post this past month only to find that I have been unfaithful in posting - I apologize. I do want to thank those who have asked for more or who even looked (thanks mom, thanks dad! [just kidding]) I actually know of at least 6 people who are after me for more - pretty encouraging!!! But alas, I still did not login and begin.

One of the things that finally got me going was an unsubstantiated premature report of my blogging death. (Now I know what the "Beatles" went through with that whole "Paul is Dead" thing) Check out this article on David Fisher's blog. This post I am presently composing is designed to do 3 things: 1. Prove to David that I still exist in cyberspace, thus assuring him that his mentoring efforts are not in vain; 2. Put something fresh up for my faithful readers (hoping to get into the double digits in '06!); 3. Get myself up in front of a computer and writing something... anything, to get going!

Please check out David's blog, linked above. That post is very punny. In fact, he has some great puns in several posts this week. Be sure to peruse in order to be amused! See ya again soon... promise.