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Wide Eyed and Clueless


 I have no idea how you can create an interesting text post here, but I live in hope that I may learn how to do so.

Being utterly without a clue and completely unfamiliar with the whole blogging phenomenon, the rise of this sort of activity on the Web totally passed me by. 

 I therefore have absolutely no idea as to whether this blog will ever see the light of day and, if it does, whether anyone will read it. They have no reason to do so and must surely be browsing the Web with time to kill.

 If you are reading this: thank you. How did you happen across this doggerel?

Move Along Now...

To be brutally honest, there's likely to be nothing here that will be remotely interesting. I'm just an 'ordinary person'; a complete no-mark. Nothing exciting happens in my life. Ever. 

 Thus any posts that I put here is likely to be as dull as ditch-water. If there are any additional posts here then they're highly likely to be rants. 

 It may be that any posts here are purely to let of steam and to try to salve the increasing cognitive dissonance that is building up as I age. That, and the sense of ennui. 

 Again, apologies for intruding into your attention. I promise not to do it again. You have the choice to never view this blog again and I commend you for deciding not to bother in the future. 
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