Here's the craziest blog I'll ever write ...

As anonymous commented earlier, keep the name the same because during the off season I'll need to keep writing. So, I'm going to jump off the cliff (second reference to jumping off ...) and write about something that I think about once in a while, probably more often than I care to admit.

With the Internet, it's easy to keep track or people or look up people. I often wonder if anyone from the past (yeah, mostly girls ...) ever "Googles" me to see where I am. It's out there and easy to find. I know that once in a while I'll Google someone to see what they're up to. In our lives we touch so many people in so many different ways. Sometimes we are aware, sometimes we aren't even aware that we've impacted someone's life. So many people touch our lives, as well. And in our culture, it's hard to tell people that they've made an impact. Who has helped us become who we are?

I think it would be cool if an ex-girlfriend was checking in, saw the blog, and was like, "Wow! I have to get in touch with Rick." Now, I know many people who have been contacted by a long-lost friend via the Internet. I know more people than I care to admit who have begun relationships through the 'Net.

As much a techie as I am, no one from the days gone by has ever contacted me. I wonder, as I write this, is this a good thing or a bad thing? We'd like to think that the people we touch think of us fondly. We'd like to think our impact has been positive. Even though, we know it isn't always a positive ending.

Fifteen years ago, I would have written this in a jounal simply titled "Thoughts and Jots," and ended up reading it a few years down the road. It would have been something Rick wrote and Rick read and nobody else know about. Now, you can enjoy it ... even thought you stopped reading four paragraphs ago ....

Hey, have a great night and remember, as Billy Joel says, "Don't take any **** from anybody!"