Sunday, June 14, 2009

Welcome

Well, it's official. I've joined everyone else in the modern age because even a Big Dumb Ape like me finally has his own blog. Well, that's not entirely true. I actually started this blog several months ago, but then something went completely screwy with it. So, I deleted everything and now I'll just restart it from scratch. Anyway, here's keeping my fingers crossed that this time around things in computerland will go a lot smoother.

So, what is this place? Well, HOT OFF THE VINE is simply my little corner of the Net where I can rant and rave about things as I see them. And over time I imagine I'll talk about a wide range of topics from the latest movie or TV show I saw, to something that caught my eye in the news, or just griping every Sunday during football season if the Miami Dolphins don't win that week's game. Hey, that's the problem with going from hapless, last place losers to division champions in one amazing turnaround season. Now I actually have expectations of them winning again!

Okay, where was I again? Oh, yeah, calling it like I see it...

And I will. I'll call things like I see them. But it's still just one Ape's opinion, and I do consider myself to be a pretty nice guy. Really, I'm a fair and open-minded guy! So, that means I enjoy hearing other people's thoughts as well, whether I agree with them or not. And with that in mind, for now I've left the comments section open. Of course, I still reserve the right to delete any comments if someone is using foul language or if they're getting a bit too heated or personal. Here at HOT OFF THE VINE the rules are pretty basic: so long as you can remain civil, feel free to join in the fun. And I'll keep it that way unless I find this place getting flooded by spam. Sheesh, I still can't believe that blog spam even exists. Seriously, who the heck has time to go running from blog to blog posting silly things like "Get cheap prescription drugs here!" or "Earn a degree at home!" Don't these people have lives?

So, to anyone who stumbled upon this and is reading it, thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll keep reading in the future!