AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY...........INSANE?

Ladies and germs, today is a landmark day in the evolution of my blog. After a perfectly harmless post concerning my annual battle with the evil spawn of trees, a fantastic idea for a more appropriate name for my blog was introduced by none other than Lord Tim , our fairly flatulent friend with airs of royalty. (I swear to Bob I had no premeditation on that pun, it just happened, but I'm sticking with it).

My blog has been a mixture of political commentary, reporting on the aggravatingly obvious, expressions of outrage over cruel injustice, and peeks into the darkness of my sick mind, sprinkled here and there with reports from the home-front, however mediocre it tends to be. However, without her even realizing it, my wife is an important contributor to much of the material in this blog, both for her insights concerning our lives, and the richness she lends to my existence. There has been many a time I wished I had a sound recorder going on 24/7 in this household to catch some of the comedy that goes on between us, material perfect for this blog or perhaps even a pod-cast. She is convinced she has no ability to write, and so far I haven't been able to convince her to at least take a shot at her own posts, but I am more than happy to pass on the nuggets her creative and quite funny mind produces here at the hold. So, since in many ways, as I have just described, this is really a cooperative effort, and I want to lend her the credit she so richly deserves for her contributions. Besides, all anybody seems to comment on is the relationship I have with her, even though I never consciously tried to highlight that. I guess the love is just that obvious.

Although I have changed the title of the blog, the content will not change drastically. I will still go off on my occasional rants. I will preach the righteousness of my own personal beliefs, and boldly attack those of others whom I feel are complete idiots and richly deserve it. I will continue to invite the ire of the NSA and homeland security, for I swore an oath once to protect and defend the constitution of the United States of America, from enemies both foreign AND domestic. However, in a desperate attempt not to lose the few loyal and dedicated readers I DO have, I will continue to report on the happenings here at Pendragon Hold, embellishing and enhancing the mundane occurrences here as needed in order to continue to hold your attention. However, this blog IS produced under a tight budget, so if you wish for it to compete with the likes of Tim and his photoshop resplendent masterpieces, you'll have to all get together and sell cookies or something and buy me my own copy of Photoshop Elements for the Mac. And yes, you can add "shameless" to my long list of lovable attributes.

In closing, I would like to thank Lord Tim for his excellent idea, if only to deflect the blame entirely upon him should this gambit fail. I would like to thank all my commenters, the one's who have stuck with me through thick and thin, as well as the new ones who crept in and became addicted to my personal magnetism. You have my condolences, but I'm keeping you just the same. I want to thank Buffalo for finally getting off his duff and taking his remarkable show on the road, and pray I have rum on hand should he stop by, and I want to thank Shandi for not abandoning us in our hours of need when she wanted to just fade off into the sunset. And Lights, if you don't get your ass back on line and blog, I swear I'm gonna track you down and expose you as the insidious perverter of Dr Suess that you really are. Cherish, gina, littleone, and all my sweet subby friends........thanks for your nurturing words of encouragement and making me realize all the good things I continue to enjoy. And last but not least, I want to thank Bob, who never, ever makes me feel guilty about ANYthing.

Good night, and blessed be.