ADD Apparently

I'm not quite sure what is wrong with me, but looking at this blog, I realize that I have said very little about me, but a lot about my opinions.  It is what it is, yes; but does it really make a difference or matter to anyone but me?  And do I really want or need it to?

I think that this blog is named perfectly.  After all, what is ranting and raving without a coherent theme anything but stream of consciousness.  But how egotistical for me to say that my consciousness is "intelligent?"  I like to think I am, and for most things, I would say that I definitely fit the bill.

However, there are things that I know I have no clue about.  For example, I don't know how to make gourmet meals.  I like to think that I could, and I could try, but everything I make comes out as comfort food.  Not that it's a bad thing, just not what I necessarily wanted (and it always has way too many calories).  I also don't know a lot about American history, which I'm kind of OK with.  I know quite a bit about European history, but American history is not my thing.  Others, though, when I tell them that I live in the US and know only vague references to certain "American milestones," look at me as though I'm stupid.  I don't like that.  I can tell you about Colonial New England in the 1600-1700s, and America during World War II, but I won't apologize for not wanting to know much about a war that I think was fought because of stupidity on both sides.  Yes, we can learn from our past, but the Civil War was just dumb.  And it wasn't unique.  Every country, at some point in time, has a civil war.  I think of it as a way of keeping down the population, that way we don't have another Black Plague or something silly like that.

So, yeah, just my opinion.  Again. 

Anyway, I'm thinking about making a couple of other blogs--thematic in nature.  One for history.  One for museums.  One for the ins and outs of a small business, which I'm about to start. 

OK.  That's all I've got for now.  See, there really was no point.