Oh, hello. I didn't see you there. I guess I should be aware that there's an audience now, no matter how small it might be. Well, since we're all here now, it's probably time for me to begin. This here is the first official post on my new blog, The Casual Fan. After throwing out several terrible possibilities, I settled on this name because it best represents what I'd like to do on this blog.
This is not a sports blog, or at least it's not solely a sports blog. I'm a fan of many things besides sports: music, great writing, radio, movies, Guinness, Triscuits, flannel shirts, gummy bears...just to name a few. But when you look up the word fanatic, it doesn't really apply to the way I feel about any of these things. I'm not particularly obsessive or zealous about anything I would consider myself a fan of. (Well, except for the New York Metropolitans. I'm fairly obsessive about the Mets, and the reason for that can only reside somewhere deep inside my psyche). I wouldn't say I'm a dilettante either, though I suspect some might say that's exactly what I am. But I do care about the things that interest me, and I try to think deeply about them, with the hope that doing so will lead to greater insight. At least that's my hope.
This is not a sports blog, or at least it's not solely a sports blog. I'm a fan of many things besides sports: music, great writing, radio, movies, Guinness, Triscuits, flannel shirts, gummy bears...just to name a few. But when you look up the word fanatic, it doesn't really apply to the way I feel about any of these things. I'm not particularly obsessive or zealous about anything I would consider myself a fan of. (Well, except for the New York Metropolitans. I'm fairly obsessive about the Mets, and the reason for that can only reside somewhere deep inside my psyche). I wouldn't say I'm a dilettante either, though I suspect some might say that's exactly what I am. But I do care about the things that interest me, and I try to think deeply about them, with the hope that doing so will lead to greater insight. At least that's my hope.
In either case, I think The Casual Fan will try to chart a course somewhere in the middle of these two poles, which is usually where I find myself. So on this blog you'll find posts about sports, but also thoughts on music, movies, books, culture, politics and current events (I do have journalism background, after all), and maybe some writing of a more personal nature. And even if you don't care about any of the things that I care about, I hope I can write about them in an entertaining way. I guess you'll be the judge of that.
Good start. I like the title and the idea. Looking forward to stumbling across this blog from time to time.
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