To Migrate or Not to Migrate

After the first official WordPress post, I found myself in a bit of a blog quandary.  I've maintained my three blogs via Blogger for damn near a decade now.  Maintain might be a strong word for the first blog, which has not been touched in quite some time.  However as I grow older, the time and desire to maintain such things seems to disappear more and more with each new year.

It is not that I do not wish to continue writing and sharing my thoughts, but I can tell just by viewing my past posts all the way back to the origin of my blog career that I am not as tuned in and driven as I once was.  I used to write about music, current affairs, upcoming events - usually related to music.

There was something else very different about me back then - especially in the very early ramblings.  I was single and still very much trying to figuring who the hell I was.  Fearful of growing old yet uncertain about taking the next step forward.  My blog children are much like a journal or vivid reminder of a specific period in my past but from my own weird and random point of view.  Some of these reminders are still fresh and perhaps not ready to be parted with.  At any rate, I am still left with the same quandary.

I want to say a bit about the recent passing of an amazing actor I admired and greatly appreciated.  I get those 'breaking news' alerts from NPR, which almost always make me stop to view no matter where I am.  As my wife and I headed out Sunday to basically do something other than sit around the house, my NPR email alert went off.  I opened it to read that Philip Seymour Hoffman had died and felt a bit of a kick to the ol' heart.

I couldn't exactly decide on any one segment, clip, or sound byte that forever reminds me of this extremely gifted and inspiring actor.  He portrayed many unique characters during his career and in a fantastic and memorable way.  I did find this beautiful montage, which helps put this immensely talented human being into perspective.  His passing has created a great void in the world of film and theater.  Rest in peace, man.