Blogging is Tough

My sister blogs all the time. Sometimes several times a week. I've blogged twice adding this one, thrice times. I never realized how much research one has to do to not come off as an unintelligent, misinformed Neanderthal or Cro-Magnon man. You can't just make a statement, opinion or argument without something to support it. It's not just a matter of throwing out your opinion, your phobias or your desires. It's a matter of presenting your theories, hypotheses and notions with ample, proven and verifiable facts. Truth and reality! What a concept?

Otherwise, we'd all be just Fox News

or Nancy Grace. (Wiki) Not a fan.

As I am not a person who makes promises and intentionally not keep them, I will make a promise with the hope to not putting my foot in my mouth and that I will not just rant like a lunatic but support my lunacy with facts and verification from reliable sources. Not including the two I've noted above. However, I do submit the disclaimer that on alternate moon cycles or when there's a blood moon, I can't be held responsible for posting nonsensical, fictional rants and writing. Thank you for your time.

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