A fresh start
Several things contributed to my desire to re-enter the blogosphere.
- I have a brand spankin new iPhone, which means I have a camera with me AT ALL TIMES! Therefore, I must document everything. Because I can!
- I fell in love with WordPress all over again when 3.0 was released. Yum!
- I’m getting a little tired of trying to concoct interesting / amusing / witty status updates in 140 characters or less. Oh, I’m not leaving Facebook, but why limit myself?
- I have finally come to terms with the demise of my laptop. It would be too depressing to list all the things that are wrong with it; suffice it to say that it would cost more to fix it than to replace it. I haven’t actually bought the new one yet, but just knowing it’s in the works has made the idea of blogging totally fun again.
So… I decided to stick with onthecurve.net, though I took down the dozen or so posts that I wrote here in early 2009. I like the name On the Curve; it implies all kinds of cheesy but nice things like learning curves, when life throws you curve balls [fill in the blank], river bends, and road trips. Hence the cheesy but nice photo: it’s a curve, see, and I’m on it.
Yay! Welcome back! All your new posts made me smile. Glad you are staying with the “On the Curve” name, too.
Thanks, Val! It does feel good to be back. The time was right, I guess. :-)
Hey you. I just happened to look up the word akimbo and find that it is vaguely related to your “on the curve” theme:
The origins of “akimbo” are a bit obscure, but it most likely comes from the Old Norse “i keng boginn,” meaning “bent in a curve” (the Norse “bogi” is also the source of our “bow”).
http://www.word-detective.com/back-h.html
If you have any word-lovers in your house, this may be of interest.
I did not know that! I probably would’ve guessed akimbo came from Swahili or something. That website looks very interesting, btw.