Why I publish this blog every Monday and Friday
Barry Manilow once crooned he wrote the songs that made the whole world sing. Hah! I am writing a witty, sarcastic, humorous blog that’s going to help you know how to think about items you read in the news. We live in an information-overload age so it's hard to know what to think. But if you listen to one of those Gestapo-type radical trouble makers like Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck you'll be all screwed up.
I'm here to help!
Barry Manilow once crooned he wrote the songs that made the whole world sing. Hah! I am writing a witty, sarcastic, humorous blog that’s going to help you know how to think about items you read in the news. We live in an information-overload age so it's hard to know what to think. But if you listen to one of those Gestapo-type radical trouble makers like Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck you'll be all screwed up.
I'm here to help!
The goal for According to Sam and Jim, co-authored with my little Shih Tzu Sam, is that it will become the most widely read blogus pontificus about all things weird, wacky, dumb, stupid, heartwarming and funny, but with more of an Andy Rooney or Bill Moyer's tone. I write a new post every Monday and Friday. And YES. It is (hopefully) being paid for by advertising. But your dollars would help too.
If you give a rip, I do have some modest writing credentials. I was a reporter for small local rags for a few years then tried freelance magazine writing a-type d had some successes. I published my own newspaper for three years. I’ve contracted with various businesses to write for and publish their in-house newsletters. I’ve written two novels not yet published.
I have a lifetime of experience sorting the truth from the B.S. At 22, I became a California Highway Patrol officer and spent the next eight years discerning who was at fault in a traffic accident or whether someone was lying about committing a crime and I whether I should arrest that person. I quit toting a gun and badge because I lost my desire to coerce people to obey the law. Then I worked as a newspaper reporter and editor, as a magazine editor and as a freelance writer - more sorting the B.S. from the truth. Most recently, I've worked as a real estate agent, both for myself and for the government. In all, I've tallied up about 40 years of separating the truth from the B.S. I don't have much difficulty figuring out what's what anymore.
Emotionally, I range from witty, wild and crazy guy to stuffed shirt. Steve Martin is my hero. I’m Roman Catholic and actually like getting down on my knees, praying for forgiveness, receiving communion and starting my week with a clean slate.
My personal mantra is “be kind, give hope, but tell it like it is." If you don’t want to listen to what I have to say, fine - you're loss. A humorous plaque hanging on my bedroom wall sums me up quite well, “I wish I was a bear. Everyone would expect me to have hairy legs, excess body fat and wake up growling.”
Hint: just give me a cup of coffee and a chocolate donut first thing in the morning, leave me alone for an hour, and I’ll stop growling (however, I try to write my blog before I turn too smarmy and nice).
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