Show Me the Money

Some of my friends have asked me recently: "Why are you starting a blog?" These queries have not been asked in the standard interrogative, rather, in a tone that suggests, "Why in the hell would you be starting a blog? Isn't it kinda passe? I mean really, what are you, a teenage girl?" And when I say that this was suggested, these are things that my friends actually said to me. In answer to the question, I have this to reply: I don't know, it seemed like a good idea at the time... It's likely a product of having way too much time on my hands and a somewhat productive use of said time. But as I mused over it more I thought it would be a nice creative/artistic contrast to the world of medicine where I spend most of my time.

Now that I've given you an answer as to why I am writing here, perhaps you want to know why you should visit my blog.

• You're my friend and you want to make me feel important - seriously, humans are totally flattery operated and I am no exception. The more I see that hit count go up the more I think, "yeah, you're a rockstar, but you're going to stay true to your roots and remember where you came from"
  
• You're my enemy and are hoping to catch some dirt to use against me - think about it, I'm practically writing about whatever pops into my head. I'm bound at some point to say something you can use against me... there go my political aspirations, oh well
  
• You like to chuckle - I'd like to think I am marginally effective at accomplishing that, I reference this post. If you don't laugh at that, then you have no soul.
  
• You like variety - I will talk to anyone about anything. Seriously, I'd talk about trash cans if we could discover differing opinions on the subject but don't worry, I won't bore you with such nonsense. You will find in my pages medicine and non-medicine, arts and sciences, humorous and serious. As we speak, I am also wrangling up a couple guest writers that should provide differing opinions on a wide range of subjects.
  
• You want to help me conquer my student loan debt - did you know that Google will just give me free money? Just by you coming to this page and viewing the ads on the page over there >>>>> I get a fraction of a cent. And THEN if you actually click on the ad, they give me MORE money. The joke is on them, suckers. So, if you're bored, just come to my blog and go crazy clicking on some ads.

I make no pretense of being a good writer; I have little practice. I've avoided it all my life. I am pretty sure many of my major life decisions have been based on the amount of writing that would be involved, i.e., the less writing involved the more likely I was to choose that path. So you should not be here if you are looking for eloquent prose. I am not a visionary, ergo my writing will not likely incredibly inspirational, unless it is by some mistake and otherworldly muse speaking through this blunt instrument. I am not here to talk about politics; people do that for a living and I'm not really that tapped in. But if you can stomach my drivel, please continue to come back and read my pages.