Tannishblog

No one’s ever called me a fast learner, nor an early adopter. I started my first blog in February 2005, what may be the downward slope of the blogging wave as blogs changed from ultra-cool-chic to mainstream. The plan was to upgrade my old-school Tannish Page web presence, which never really took off.

Since I’ve been a contented Earthlink customer since 1998, and because money is always a factor, I began using their free web space and software. The space is minimal, but my needs are modest; the software, however, is pathetic. I’ve mentioned this before.

So I start a blog and name it Left of Center, apropos to my politics but neither inspired nor unique. Still, it was a start. It wasn’t long before I grew irritated at the web interface Earthlink provided, so I tried Blogger. Much better. Tannishblog was born, and for a while I kept both blogs running. But being creative while maintaining a work-a-day life is problematic. I ended up with two blogs mainlining politics, with very little to differentiate them besides their names.

As Tannishblog on Blogger was doing okay, I tried to reinvent LoC, renaming it IdiotSyncracies after an article I wrote previously. Another odd name, but unique. To diverge from politics I took (or stole) and idea from my daughter’s fiction blog and started one of my own. That’s harder work that I thought, but some good came of it. Ultimately, Tannishblog took more and more time, was easier for the work-weary blogger, and was actually being read by people. Imagine that! IdiotSynchracies died a lingering death.

Eventually, I outgrew Blogger. My daughter, who did not use Google’s service, was frustrated with several other free blog sites she tried. So I got us our own domains and we rebuilt. Inevitable, really. We both are merging our scattered writings into one site, thanks to Wordpress, which can adapt to our more-than-a-blog concepts.

The merger is still happening. Expect some favorite posts from IdiotSynchracies to reappear here, as I have already ported my essays and stuff from the Tannish Page, R.I.P.