Eight Months Later

     It has been eight months since I said I was going to do this fairly regularly.  I have this long list of topics I wanted and still plan to write about.   But first I think a little bit about who I am and why I feel I should write on this blog site.

     My name is Mark.  I am in my sixties and I am white.  I only add the ethnic group as it seems to matter to some.  I am retired military.  I have advance degrees and an interest in many other subjects. I am opinionated, I like to talk, and I like to write.  I am married to a wonderfully understanding wife that puts up with me.  We have been married 29 years at the date of this writing.  I have five kids total, ranging from 20 to 40.   I am a Freemason and damn proud of it.  I raced something since I was in elementary school until my heart attack.   Now I ride my motorcycle and work on restoring older cars.

     I am an avid reader and have not gotten rid of any book I bought except textbooks for the most part since eighth grade.  This has made my little private library well over two thousand books at this point.  Yes I have read all of them in full or in partial for the parts I bought them for if they were bought for a reference.  They range from old school horror books like Poe to Classics.  There is a large part that is military history or history in nature.  I do not consider myself well read.  I say this because I can not quote things ten years later and do those snobbish book discussions like I am a genius or anything.  I read for enjoyment.  I remember what I do and know how to look up the rest.

Well that is it for now.  I might edit or add to this as I go.