This blog is going to be, most likely, a boring place for anyone not me. I don’t think my I have anything important to say. I don’t think I write with any great style. In fact, I think that my grammar and spelling are sub-high school level. I don’t have any ideas of grander. I do think that I have learned a lot from many people and places, and I plan to regurgitate it here. My reason for writing a blog is twofold; first I heard it said that you never know something until you can explain it and never understand it until you experience it. Second reason for writing is just to express myself. I have ideas that pop into my head and have nowhere to go.
My plan is to write once a week. By not writing more than once a week should keep me from being too shallow. Not saying that I won’t have shallow posts; just minimizing the likelihood of shallowness. Also, anymore than this would be too much work. I want this to be fun ( a pleasure)not work. I have come to an understanding, after reading many of C.S Lewis books, that true pleasure is derived from God and points to God. Pleasure can be perverted by us humans. This perversion comes by desiring the pleasure more than the pleasure giver (lust) or by turning the pleasure in to work. I have seen in my life pleasure being turned into work many times. As an example that is relevant to most people is reading books. all through school, up till my last English class in college, reading was work. But now, and since my sophomore year in college, I have enjoyed reading. A second example from my life was with football. I have always loved football. Some of my earliest memories were crying after the browns lost to the infamous drive. I would play imaginary games in my back yard when I was 7. Then when I was in college because of the amount of effort needed for practice and weights and film study I lost the pleasure of it. Thankfully I never lost the love so the pleasure of it came back in short time. Tangent, in my mind love and pleasure are like a logic problem; all things John finds pleasure in, he also loves: some things John loves he also finds pleasure in. If John loves snow does he find pleasure in it? Nope because of the word “some”. I’m sure there is a good marriage example but since I’m not married, nor have I ever been, I’ll refrain. The point is I want to enjoy this.
What my reader, if there are any, can do for me, is help with this horrible thing we call a langue. I have had just one college level writing class. I guess that engineering students don’t need to know how to write well. Several things that I’m really bad with are homophones, grammar (by grammar I mean when to use commas, semi colons, parenthetical remarks), knowing when to start a new paragraph, and spelling. If you wish at any time to correct these things I would sincerely appreciate it. However, please be constructive in the correction. Tell me why what I did was wrong, how to correct it, and how to stop from doing it again. Also keep the corrections on a normal level, 80% of the world doesn’t know what a split infinitive is nor do they care.
And to close out my first post; some rules on how to comment.
1. No profanity. (no swear word, don’t use God’s name in vain, acronyms and symbols are the same as the word, when quoting the KJV ass is ok when referring to donkeys)
2. Keep threads on topic ( exceptions will be made for English lessons just make sure it gets right back on track)
3. Be civil. (Insult me if you must not my friends, family, or church. In reality there is no reason to insult anyone. If your argument is so weak that you feel the need to insult perhaps you should change your view or hold your peace)
4. Minimize sarcasm ( it can be a useful tool to make a point but it is hard to pick it up on in written form, also it can be insulting)
5. I will not responded to all comments (if I want to I will, but I don’t get upset. And I for sure will not respond to arguments that will end in a stale mate. Such as if the gifts of the spirit are still in use or not)
6. No trolling
7. I run this blog my thought opinions and rules are subject to change with my whim but I don’t like change
(in the “Screwtape Letters” C. S. Lewis talks about pleasure being God’s territory, and the older devil tells the younger devil to turn the pleasure in to work. Since, he is worried that the pleasure will lead the soul to God. And the part about desiring pleasure more than the giver of pleasure I’m sure I heard that or something like that from someone else)
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