LIFE HAPPENSā¦PLUS THE JUNE BEARD OF THE MONTH
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I posted my last article on February 9th. If youāre a skilled mathematician you know that was almost four months ago. I launched the blog about a month before that. That means I blogged for one month and then took four months off. Most experts will tell you long unexplained absences arenāt a good idea if you want to build a following.
So if you were an early adopter of this blog then I owe you an apology.
The reason I disappeared is simple. Iāll bet you can relate too. Life happened. Work got busy. I traveled more than usual. My wife and children wanted attention. I got sick a couple times. You know, the usual stuff.
Now Iām backā¦sort of. I do have one article I wrote recently on an airplane. It will post later this week or early next. Iāve learned that generating compelling content takes a lot of time. Itās enjoyable but if I donāt have time to do it, thatās a fundamental problem if Iām going to maintain a blog. The real tragedy is that I have a giant list of things I want to write about. For example:
Why do opposites attract?
How many times is a single dollar taxed?
Private sector alternatives to government entitlement programs
Why the Dallas Cowboys are hopeless
Part Two of the 13 best songs youāve never heard
Tips for a successful marriage
The event that caused me to blog
Did you know Texas almost got divided into multiple states?
Simple and free ways to entertain your toddler
Awesome TV shows you donāt know about
Is Sports Radio 1310/96.7 a house of cards?
And this doesnāt include the NHL/NBA postseasons and the presidential campaign. I have a list of over 30 ideas. Thatās more than enough to get me to the end of the yearā¦if I had time to write.
Iāve come up with an idea that will either solve the problem or complicate things more than ever. Iām going to launch the GravityBeard Podcast. I bought a microphone, signed up with a hosting service, downloaded recording software, set up a Skype account, and watched YouTube video tutorials. I even tested everything out and confirmed it works. Then I realized if I was going to create a podcast I better listen to a few. I downloaded a bunch and have been listening the last few days.
Of course now I have to write a blog post about my favorite podcastsā¦just kidding. No Iām not, itās a good idea.
The theory is that it will be easier to generate content if Iām doing both. And I have a list of people who have told me they want to take part in the podcast. So all I have to do is enlist one or more of them every week or two. Then we choose a topic, turn on the mike and knock it out. Thatās the plan. Iām excited about it. We will see how it goes.
So now onto more important thingsā¦
The June Beard of the Month
When I posted the first BOM, I solicited submissions for others. I got a couple. Then I got this one. And itās fantastic. It boasts both a great beard AND mustache. Since then, Iāve had to ask people who have great beards if I could take their picture. You might be thinking, āThat sounds awkwardā and you would be right. But they were good sports and I got a couple good candidates. Iāll use those later this year. Iām particularly excited about the one I have for December. But until then I think you will enjoy the June 2016 Beard of the Month.
Thanks again for reading my blog. I hope you enjoy the podcast tooā¦whenever that happens.