Three Cheers to Being Boring

Looking for some inspiration to finishing a project I turned to friend, Twitter and yup… my blog. The blog that I neglected for most of 2010 and apparently a good portion of 2011. The blog that, when I look back at some of the original posts, is a tad bit (ahem, very much so) embarrassing. Anyway, why do I look at it for inspiration for a work project? Well, it’s because I’m supposed to be writing about a subject I am passionate about. And if you know me, I am passionate about five things.

Agriculture | Trade | Business |Politics |Sports

Very broad subjects, I’m well aware. But for each committee of subjects there are subcommittees such as the Sub-Committee on agricultural trade and the sub-committee on dairy products. And, of course, there are sub-committees to the sub-committees. I won’t bore you with the committee tree (what, you’re surprised by the fact that I have my passions sketched out in a hierarchical tree/graph?!)

When I first started this lovely blog it was intended to make the friends back home laugh over bits and pieces of the ridiculousness of my life. But as I matured, so did some of my subjects – often subjects of my passions. And that is what leads me to today. I am perusing the site to see if there is anything that inspires me to write a compelling piece that will be read by more than my 12 online groupies (otherwise known as my best friends).

Thirty minutes later. Nothing. I am actually bothered by this. Not only by the time that was wasted but also by the lackluster content I put on this thing. But then (light bulb!) I stopped and got very happy. Since it’s far from interesting, there’s a rare chance that this will be viewed by many outside of my groupie readership. And if you look at no. 4 on that list up there… it’s probably for the better. Yes, I’m sad to say that I’m was lead to think about this due to the increase in scandals that have taken place on the Hill and around the political arena in the past six months. (sigh) Perhaps someday we’ll all be a bit smarter and more boring when it comes to the internet.

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