Man Caves

I have a couple of man caves in my life.  They're awesome.  In fact, I’m sitting in one right now.  There are swords hanging on the wall to my left--and no one complains about it.  It has furniture that I like.  I have a docking station for my laptop that connects it my to home network, dual monitors, an awesome speaker system, etc.  Additionally, because this man cave being mine, and mine alone, it is almost always entirely clean.  But, by far the best part about this place is that when I am in here, there are brief moments that the world just feels right.  I know, it sounds weird, but it really does happen.  I attribute this to the fact that, in here, I have complete control  (clearly that doesn’t happen very much for me).

Ahhhh, there it is:

Lately, I have found myself having random thoughts that could readily be shared in an online forum.  Unfortunately, my wife doesn't exactly let me use her blog (I don’t think you can count that time that I hijacked it after she allowed her computer to remember her password).  Apparently she is a strict guardian of her blog's "integrity."  I guess her reaction is understandable, because usually what I have to say is somewhat on the dorky side.  It isn't my fault though.  I used up all of my vast quantity of awesomeness during our dating phase.  That is how I trapped her.

Anyway...

Hence, I have come to the inescapable conclusion that I need a place online where I have the control, i.e. a virtual man cave.  I envision this blog to be fairly random.  I won’t play any froo froo music (assuming I’m not making fun of something).  I won't mirror Heidi's chronicling of the family or her other experiences.  Nor would I want to…I actually really enjoy reading about my family from Heid’s perspective.  I will, however, give the "other perspective" on certain family events when I feel it is entertaining or necessary to defend my honor (I still remember that Christmas post from last year).   I know it may be surprising, but sometimes Heidi and I don't always think the same way about the same experiences.

So, welcome to the man cave.  Feel free to comment here…even if you think I’d think it was weird that you commented.  I blog-stalk people all the time.  In the man cave we wont judge you.  That is assuming, of course, that you don’t say something girly or really really gay…then I’ll make fun of you.