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Blogging always seemed like a cool idea for other people.  Lately I've been thinking about blogging for myself.  Nothing concrete in mind, but hoping to post the things I like and find interesting, whenever I have time or feel like it.

We will see how it goes, but right now I'm hoping to blog about technology, health, food, faith and family and general other things good in life.  I'm not overly wordy, so these will probably be short easy to read posts.  In any case, this may be more of a diary as I don't necessarily expect other people will read it! :) 

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