The Rambling Man...

It's been a couple of weeks since I officially posted on my blog. It has been a busy time, with lots of projects and work for my job, and keeping busy with all my other activities. This has made it difficult to take any time to think about my blog, and has made it more difficult to write; now that I've decided not to spend have a page rambling on about various, random topics I'm finding it difficult to write.

This is particularly ironic, because after staring at this post for 10 minutes, I decided to just start writing and see what happened. I've produced more by rambling on about not being able to ramble in 5 minutes than I have in the last two weeks. I guess I just find it easier to dive into my writing and experiment with my postings. Perhaps what I really need to be focusing on is my editing and learning how to chop things out.

And speaking of chopping, my Karate sensei is quite the rambler (ba da dum...ching). Don't get me wrong, he is a knowledgeable and dedicated master; but last Tuesday, our "couple minute" discussion about Master Yama (the founder of Kyokushin karate), ended up segwaying (45 minutes later) into a discussion about atomic bombs. I think I know how I hurt my back this week; sitting up straight for an hour is a killer. He then announced that he wanted to have similar discussions at least once a month.

But seriously, as my Dad often says, "Every experience is a learning opportunity": I just try to reflect on how these times are excellent for teaching me patience (which I have very little of). I find few things more trying than coming home from work and sitting up straight for an hour when I really just want to beat something with my fists.

Of course, I just hope that you don't want to do the same when reading my blog entries.