House keeping and a little Dilbert bashing

First: This is a new blog. I've done a couple others, but this one will be used for two things. Thing one will be to update people on my writing progress, offer some sample pages (if I need some feedback), and reach out for advice or give advice that my readers didn't ask for. Thing two will be to mention/laugh at/introduce things I find in the real world or on the web that just need to be shown to everybody.

Second: Dilbert has lost his damn mind.
The man behind the Dilbert cartoon (Scott Adams) is insane. He wrote an op-ed about himself that seemed to ruffle the feathers of many online commenters. The reports I've read say that the article was pretty proud and egotistical, although I haven't actually read it. The BIG story is how he then used the screen name "PlannedChaos" to defend himself as though he was his own biggest fan (he probably is, in fact, just that.)

Great quote from him pretending to be a fan who was only trying to protect himself from the mean internets:

If an idiot and a genius disagree, the idiot generally thinks the genius is wrong. He also has lots of idiot reasons to back his idiot belief. That's how the idiot mind is wired.

It's fair to say you disagree with Adams. But you can't rule out the hypothesis that you're too dumb to understand what he's saying.

And he's a certified genius. Just sayin'.

What a big poo! In the days after this story broke, he ended up admitting that he'd used the alias, then he posted an interview between Chaos and himself on his blog in an attempt to make fun of the situation, but those parts aren't important or funny, so don't worry about them.
If you want to read more about this, check out Gawker.

Third: The background image on the blog is by Banksy. He is awesome, and you should google his work.

Last: Here's a video my son and I made the other day. If I get published, I will continue to be able to spend many full days with him every week influencing him to do crap like this. If I don't ever get published, many of my resources will be reallocated to helping customers at Starbucks or some dying retail big box store.
Enjoy: