Hello world!

So, my first post.  I’m stepping bravely into the 21st century.  After ignoring the possibilities of text messaging, having no idea how to work an ipod (or even the proper spelling or capitalization of an ipod – iPod?  i Pod?  i-pod?  Does anyone even care?), and still not managing to get what I want from iTunes, it’s time to get with the program.  I refuse to be that person who is completely flummoxed by anything that wasn’t around when they weren’t under the age of 30 – says the lady who can’t seem to get her new tv to cooperate with her satellite dish, dvd player and vcr player all at the same time.  I’m just taking that as a sign that the vcr is outdated. 

My first challenge was finding a username that wasn’t already taken.  Turns out, I seem to have a monopoly on thepeanutone.  Hooray for me!  Next up is the great template search.  I really wanted to like the chaos theory template, but it is painfully hideous and reminds me of everything I didn’t like about the entire chaos milieu.   I like the calm feeling of this misty thing here, but I have a feeling I’ll be switching it around as my mood changes.  

Just in case you care, I’m going to use this partly as the soapbox I wish I really had, and partly as a way to organize my world.  Expect some recipes, some parenting, some political commentary, some random thoughts on the world and how to make it better.  I am going to try to focus some of my well-meaning advice into an optional forum in order to spare my friends from my insufferable know-it-all-ism.   I also plan on expanding my vocabulary by using bizarre words here.  Keep your dictionary handy.  Arabesque.  Verdigrisian.  Defenestrate.  Harridan.  They’re such good words, why doesn’t anyone use them???