I’ll be posting here mostly whatever happens to be on my mind on any particular day or what’s been happening with me (and possibly Claire) here in West Virginia. Basically, this blog is about nothing… All opinions are mine.
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History…..
Initially, we created a family web site with the intention of it being the “place to go” to find out about family activities, family recipes, and just generally what was going on with the family — both the Stracensky and Williamson sides… Well, that didn’t work out so well — only a very few family members ever checked the site and even fewer contributed any content. In fairness, a lot of both families weren’t comfortable being around a computer. So it was a good idea, just not practical.
Anyhow, after we decided the web site was a lost cause, I’d become accustomed to sitting down in front of the computer pretty much on a daily basis and updating the site. I missed that time with the computer and decided to start a blog. That was back in March of 2007 and at that time I didn’t know exactly what a blog even was (still don’t.)
The blog was titled “In My Own Write,” with the sub-title of “Jimmy’s Thoughts — and Not Yours.” The original intent was for the blog to replace the Family Web Site and write about family events and activities, but being here in West Virginia and the families in (mostly) Ohio and Oklahoma the pipeline of information didn’t provide much data. So — the blog evolved into me just writing down whatever happened to be on my mind when I decided to make a new entry. After four years and seven months and approximately 267 entries, “In My Own Write” came to an end on November 18, 2011.
A few days later, I started a new blog with the title, “What Would Jimmy Do.” That, of course, is what you’re reading now.
Not a lot has changed, except for the format — that’s been simplified a bit, but the content remains varied, questionable, confusing, current, out-dated, serious, humorous, reflective, or any other adjective you choose, but almost always opinionated.
When in November of 2011 “In My Own Write” came to an end, I realized, again, that I missed sitting down for a few minutes every day or so and jotting down what was happening, what was on my mind, or just writing something so that I didn’t forget how. Since I came closer to knowing what a blog was than a tweet or a woof, Facebook, MySpace, Skype, Bebo, or any of those other things that people seem to use to publish every detail of their lives, I decided to stick with something I knew — another blog. “So What Would Jimmy Do?” Continue blogging, of course.