My blogging is an undertaking involving chance, risk, or danger. It will be a speculative venture involving, based on, or constituting intellectual speculation. My blogs may be a bit more theoretical rather than demonstrable. And your thoughts about my opinions might be marked by questioning curiosity.
I have something (my reputation) at stake in this speculative venture. I am about to undertake the risks and dangers of blogging about my opinions. My blogging will expose me to hazard. Yet, I will offer my opinions at the risk of rebuff, rejection, or censure. Yes, I will proceed especially in the face of danger.
What is it with all of the italicization above? Every word in italics is from the definition of venture and speculative as found in Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary. I was trying to create a name for my blog site; I found the definitions helpful - they rang true to me.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
I do think venturing my opinions by blogging them for the world to see exposes me to unintentional consequences: good or bad. I hope my actual intentions are good. And I hope some of the unintentional consequences are good...but what if they are bad?
The beauty of "bad" unintentional consequences is that we grow through the challenges of overcoming them. So, I choose to grow
by exposing my opinions to you even if I my reputation is put at risk and in danger of being damaged by those bad unintentional consequences. It is the brave that venture the stormy seas of the blogging world. Thus, I say: Sail on, sail on, and blog away.Oh...by the way...before I end this blog...I spoke of the good and the bad, but what about the ugly? Just look to the right:
Thanks for taking the time to read my new blog.
