This is my first blog post, at least on this site.
By building this website, I am satisfying a couple needs.
First, in the future, I will be helping manage a website which was built using WordPress. I was nominated for the job because I’m pretty good with IT related matters, computers and so forth.
I logged into the website I’m supposed to help manage and was immediately struck with the epiphany that I knew absolutely nothing about WordPress.
That was clear to me seconds after I logged into and thought, “What the hell is all this stuff?”
I learn by doing, so, this is what I’m doing. I’m building a WordPress site and learning as I go.
The second bird that I’m knocking out of the air with one stone by building this website is satisfying my compulsive need to write. That has always been a creative outlet for me.
I’ve written all kinds of stuff in the past. I’ve recently written a book (Franco The Succulent – Foreward by Joe Robb), and that is available on Amazon.
If you’re interested, heck, I’ve made it easy for you by placing a link in the menu bar at the top.
Also note, I’ve recently learned how to make menu bars with functioning links on them…
Another thing I’ve learned how to do recently is imbed a picture on the page so that the text flows left and right around the picture. I mean, obviously I’ve learned how to do that. Here I am doing it…
Like a lot of folks, I take a crap load of pictures, so I’ll post a bunch of those here, too. Go ahead and click on any picture, the picture gets bigger!
I learned how to do that yesterday…
That is what this place is going to be. A creative outlet. Writings, pictures, and even a couple shops.
In the menu bar, there are links to a couple shops.
One will take the visitor to Squirrel Meats Unlimited, which is a ficticious factory farm specializing in the mechanical meat separation and deboning of American rodents. How that came to be is a bit of a story, which I may get to in an upcoming blog post, but essentially it is a store front to sell Killbuck Creek Distillery clothing and whatever other stuff Sue and I come up with.
That is a “for profit” business, which, like most of my other business ventures has done nothing but lose vast sums of money.
We’re having fun with it, and Sue get’s to be the CEO of Squirrel Meats Unlimited.
She is so proud. I have her listed as “Top Nut” of the organization.
The other store is a Bonfire site in which 100% of the profits go to charity. The vast majority of the profits go to SaveAWarrior.org, an organization that is saving veteran/first responder lives from the suicidal effects of Complex-PTS.
I would not be here to make this website which I am sure you are thoroughly enjoying had I not been through the program myself.
The other charities we support with our Bonfire shop are Meals On Wheels and Pure Heart Childrens Fund.
Meals on wheels is obviously feeding the hungry, and Pure Heart’s mission is to feed the poverty stricken children of Central America.
Sue and I have been supporters of Pure Heart since our early moonshining days (sounds like a bit of a story, most likely a future blog post as soon as the statute of limitations expire…).
Lastly, one more new thing that I’m going to do on this site is open myself up for commentary/critism.
Yeah! I know…
I actually own the website “notgonnarespondtothisemail.com.” It’s an email server and I listed that as my email address in the book..
Like many with Complex-PTS, I always tend to isolate, and regard any personal critism as a direct attack.
Hey, it’s what I do. Surely I’m not the only one?
Well, here, I’m gonna turn on “commenting,” open things up a bit. If anyone has any questions or comments, feel free to interact with your thoughts, tips, or suggestions. Heck, I will even make a contact page.
So enjoy, if that’s the word you choose to use. Interact. Buy some stuff to support non-profits.
Have a nice day.
Blog post #1, complete.
Hi LT! I didn’t see any comments, so I wanted to give your website some action. I’ve always enjoyed a good trip through your mind, so I’m excited to check in with this journey from time to time. A big “ME TOO” regarding taking feedback and criticism as a personal attack…. But I DID find humor in the “Author:Larmonster” section. The way that’s formatted from the mobile view, it says – Columbus Police Founder – . DAMN, BRO!!! You’re OLD AF!!! 😂🤯
Ha, thank you, Stacey!
I didn’t know I had an “Author:Larmonster” section. I will find that and adjust accordingly.
No, I am not the Founder of the Columbus Police, but I am the “founder” of a couple of their Division Directives, i.e., “There wasn’t a Directive about this before (because we didn’t think anyone ever would do something like that), but here’s what Larry did last week, and here is a brand new Division Directive prohibiting anyone from ever doing it again…”