It’s been a little over a week since I last posted and I’ve been feeling like I need to get some new content up here. I have a couple posts partially written as follow-ups to my first one on depression which you can read here, but they’re taking longer to put together than expected. Who would have ever thought finding the words to express your innermost thoughts and feelings on a sensitive topic close to ones own heart would be difficult? Dammit brain, work with me!

So, In lieu of those posts and their accompanying stories, I thought I’d share a couple videos I’ve watched recently along with some of my thoughts on them. Think of this as a focused YouTube comments section without all the hate and internet trolls.

First up we have a video from John Green of the Vlogbrothers YouTube Channel (and others) and bestselling author of The Fault in our Stars.

While I haven’t broken a rib myself so don’t know that pain, I know the feeling of looking back at a certain time in my life that’s longer than I care to admit (and that was how long ago?!?!) knowing just how shitty I treated my body. I treated it like it owed me money. It’s like I actually thought a diet of fast food and beer wasn’t going to have consequences!

I’m sure most will have already seen this next one, but having just finally seen Captain America: Civil War I thought this was funny as shit.

As a side note  – Thanks Chris Hemsworth for setting the bar so ridiculously fucking high for us mere mortals! Seriously, he looks like this, is by all accounts a super nice guy, AND he’s funny as well? He couldn’t even leave humor alone could he! Yeah, fuck that guy!

In all seriousness, if you haven’t seen this check it out. It’s hilarious and props to them for making it.

Last but certainly not least is this video from James Cordon via the British GQ YouTube channel where he explains how the U.S. Presidential elections work. Being Canadian, and I like to think of myself as a fairly well informed one, I had NO idea about a lot of this stuff.

And we think WE need election reform. Talk about a confusing, convoluted, and overly complicated way to elect someone. I have to wonder how anyone even came up with a system like this and then got others to go along with it like it was a good idea. Might have to dig a little more into that for a future post maybe?

That’s all for now, enjoy!

So here I am with a new blog, freshly installed on the site which I’ve had for a number of years. Please excuse the mess.

I’ve blogged on an off over the years. I’ve had a personal blog where I wrote on some travel adventures (actually I think there was multiple, but can only find one) but that only lasted while I was away. I’ve also started various web sites with big plans, but the drive to continue with them died well before I could ever get them off the ground, some even before a single post was made. In every case I obsessed about the name of the site, as if having the perfect name would instantly make the site a success or a failure. I also had narrowly focused my sites on a single topic or genre, and as anyone who knows me well enough will attest, I just don’t stay focused on a single thing for any significant length of time.

So when I felt the urge to write again, I decided on no uncertain terms that it would be here, under my own name. No internet pseudonyms or clever names this time because as it turns out, I, Craig McConnell, do have something to say. I have thoughts, views and opinions which I’ve always openly and freely shared with my closest friends, but shied away from sharing beyond that core group for one reason or another. I could theorize on why, but would that really get us anywhere? I don’t think so.

What good is knowledge that goes unshared?

The fact is, I think a lot about a lot, and I love to learn. I constantly read and educate myself on technology, politics, games, music, movies, cars, the arts, etc… etc… you name it, and I have thoughts and opinions on all those things. Yet, I keep most of that information locked up; that is until an unsuspecting friend happens to ask about my newest obsession. It’s then I realize my desire to talk about all these things has been left mostly unfulfilled. Ahh the curse of the social introvert.

So that’s what I’m going to be using this site for, at least until I decide to use it for something else. I’ll be writing on anything and everything which happens to be my focus at the time. I’m sure some themes will develop over time and I will of course do my best to keep things organized, but expect an eclectic mix of subjects from game design to the U.S. Presidential election and everything in between. Some will be deeply personal, many not-so-much, but I give you my word I’ll try to always keep it interesting.

I have no idea where this is going to go, but I hope you’ll join me on the journey.