mind of a yeti

I have no idea how many blogs are out there now, hundreds of thousands I’m sure.  I personally subscribe to over 100 feeds, mixed between news and blogs.  I enjoy reading numerous financial blogs, but I find that after a while they are all saying the same things.  It’s SO easy to start a website and to start blogging and this could be a good thing, but I’m not 100% convinced yet.

Does having 200 blogs saying the same thing increase the value of that knowledge?  Are we really getting any benefit from it?

I really don’t know.  I question the value of the different websites that I have, this one included.  Other than personal outlet or creative expression, am I really doing anything positive by writing on this blog?  Am I really using my time wisely by writing this? I’m not sure, I guess I felt that it was worth thinking about.

So I took the time to create this new format for MindofaYeti.com but I haven’t been using it.  I guess when you don’t have time to write nonsensical blog posts you just don’t…

I have been receiving a lot of emails lately are completely inaccurate, it is almost sickening.  The one that has pushed me over the edge was a forward that had the following line at the start of the email:

Per Snopes.com

The email that followed that line talked about how we should all stop using the U.S. quarter because they have taken “In God We Trust” off of the coin.  Well, if this was true I’m sure that it would upset me to a point, but its not true.

I get all sorts of these emails.  Ranging from “In God We Trust” not being on our coins, to the IRS requiring us to register all of our firearms, and even that Starbuck hates soldiers and won’t sent them coffee.  Honestly these are issues that may or may not concern me (most would), but if this stuff was true do you really think that the only way to spread the word is to forward the email onto the 20 people you have in your address book?  Why wouldn’t even the crazy right winged Fox New’s report it?  Why wouldn’t Glen Beck shout about it (or cry)?  Even CNN would mention these things if they were true.  COME ON!!

My final point is that it takes 30 seconds maybe even a whole minute to Google something and find out if there is even the remote part of truth in it.  If so THEN forward it on, but if you can’t take the time to check then don’t waste my time and energy to do so.

Anyone that knows me well, knows that I have a deep love for this wonderful country.  There are many things that make me extremely proud to be from this county, and there some things that disappoint me about our country.  No one is perfect and no nation is perfect.

I can not express the thanks that I have for the people that have given their lives or put their lives on the line to give and defend the freedoms that I enjoy. Most Americans take for granted the multitude of freedoms that they have.  And most people do not understand the sacrifice that was made by thousands of men and women to grant those freedoms to us.

I am proud to live here and claim that I am an American, regardless of what anyone else thinks or believes.  And that is one of the greatest American Freedoms!

I’m not sure how many times I’ve “redesigned” my blog, and it probably doesn’t matter.  This time I didn’t actually spend time working on a design I decided to use the Manifest theme for Wordpress.

I am attempting to add some direction to the blog and not have it be just completely random crap.  That is why I decided to just use an out of the box theme and not try to focus on make it “look good” but actually focus on writing some content that’s semi-worthwhile.  But I make no promises.

-Yeti