Theme Reveal

 

  

    Well, after many years, I've decided to re-enter the A-Z Challenge.  I've missed the fun and so have already put a few posts on delay.  That way, I won't be so hard-pressed to churn something out on a daily basis.  Far be it for me to skimp on quality writing. 

"Quality?"

    March, on the other hand, will consist primarily of repeats.  Usually posts from a long time ago, though.  So they may seem new or even be new to you. 

Or not.

    Where have I been, you might ask.  And why have I decided to jump back in, you might also ask.  And, is cottage cheese really cheese, you might also also ask.

    The last time I did the challenge was 2013.  I think.  Anyway, a long, long time ago.  Basically, I stopped because I, uh, got lazy.  I figured I would concentrate solely on my books, which were sure to bring me riches beyond compare.

    Well, I haven't stopped writing my books.  In fact, I'm up to eight and hope to finish my ninth, Adventures of a Monetary Exchange Specialist, near the end of the year.  My plan is to have it ready for the Christmas shopping season.  Or Kwanzaa.  Come to think of it, is gift-giving even a thing with Kwanzaa?

Apparently yes.  Good to know.

    But, the riches never materialized.  Mostly because my books suck I haven't done a whole lot of marketing for them.  So, the excuse of having something else to do really isn't there.  After all, it doesn't put a huge stress on me to write a blog post or two.  Mind you, apart from the challenge, I'm content with a post every week or so.  It's not a huge strain.

    Unlike a diet totally devoid of fiber.

    IYKYK.

    Also, there was a period of time when I stopped writing altogether.  I was going through a rough patch and just didn't want to write at all.  So, I closed down my blog completely.

I had issues.

    However, I yearned to connect and so started up again.  While I didn't write nearly as much as I once did, I still wanted to return to writing.  Titled "Stuff and Nonsense," the intention of my new blog was to balance things with the serious and the silly.  Now, while I like being serious, I enjoy being silly more often.  I fact, even when I was being serious, I couldn't help throwing in a bit of snark here and there.

Which is why I thought this was appropriate
when talking about the Democratic National Convention

   The main problem with dumping the old blog was that I lost most of my followers (over 300).  Of course, a few of you (the old-timers) migrated over to "Stuff and Nonsense" at its inception.  Robyn, over at "Life By Chocolate," is very familiar with the bad times eight years ago.  Her blog even was infected by my personal crazy for a time.  For those who stuck with me, I thank you.  I hope you don't regret it.  You know who you are.

    In any case, I've resurrected the old "Penwasser Place."  Of course, it will be mostly silly.

  

    With a bit of serious commentary now and then.

    Now, I know you're wondering (if you haven't fallen asleep by now), what is my theme for the challenge?

    Since I like history, my theme will be history.  The "wrinkle" to this is that I will concentrate on those events in history which aren't as well-known.  You know, things which aren't covered in great detail.  Some, of course, will be common knowledge.  For example, 'P' will be 'Passover,' because I deem that be an important topic.  And 'X' will be about 'Xerxes,' because I think it's funny (of course, some of you have already read my Xerxes post and think it is not).

    I'll also try to keep things short, especially since a lot of people are posting.  Nobody can devote too much attention to long posts.

Clearly, I have failed the brevity test here

      Finally, I hope that, by doing the challenge, I'll once more ramp up my list of followers and discover even more sites to visit (Blogger is kind of a bust when it comes to exploring). 

   Oh, by the way, cottage cheese is cheese.