My first attempt at a blog

I'm obviously new to this blogging community, but I figure it's better late then never so here it goes...

Today was pretty much like 99% of the days I (and most other people in the world) have. Nothing particulary good or bad happened, and everything that did happen would be about as entertaining to anyone else as staring at a picture of a pink flamingo...

This time I went with the latter. Now that I'm done blogging about my day I'll go ahead and blog about one of my personal interest and I'll even throw in an opinion or two on the house. It is a little known fact to most of the world, but a very well known fact to most of my friends that I am a retro video gamer. (If this topic doesn't interest you see above image.) To prove my credentials I recently purchased an NES turbo pad and Techmo Bowl (go Bears), and I can beat Super Mario Bros. without getting hit. I recently found an old DOS game called Quest for Glory that I used to play as a kid and it's still crazy awesome. I would recommend it to anyone who likes old games. It's a short game but there's somewhere around 9 sequels so it takes a bit of time to beat them all. The best thing about the series is it's full of good old fashioned dry humor, something you rarely see in video games nowadays. If you make it through this blog and plan on reading more of my ramblings be prepared to hear about a classic game in pretty much every one. Once I get the hang of this blogging stuff I'll start titling subjects so you'll have the opportunity to skip the parts you find less than interesting (which will more than likely be everything except the pictures... Okay, maybe the pictures too.)

Moving on, another intersting fact about me is I love backwoods southern country cooking. I have to add backwoods in there because most people consider fried chicken and collard greens country food. In a way it is, but It's fancy country food. It's good in it's own way, but I really love poor folk country food. I just made a pot of boiled potatoes, cabbage, and ham and a bunch of people gave me a hard time about that. Where I'm from that kind of stuff is a staple. I also made a pot of bean soup and hamhocks a couple weeks ago the country way (yes there is a non-country way) and I ended up eating the whole pot by myself because no one else could stomache it. If there are any brave souls that read this blog that is interested to find out what real Kentucky style, backwoods, country food tastes like let me know. It could prove to be a very interesting learning experience.

I suppose I've gone on long enough, but I'll end with a quote I hold very close to my heart...

"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." - Mark Twain

Let that sink in for awhile...