The Blog Begins...

I have officially gone past the point-of-no-return, and have started blogging! There's something very final about choosing blog names, URL addresses and templates - I probably couldn't figure out how to undo it all even if I wanted to. I'm typically way behind the trends in life, and it seems no different with blogging. I remember several years back, still in the '90s, thinking, "I would never need to use the internet." I thought the whole worldwide web would be pretty extraneous to my life. Little did I know...

Bucking trends is not always a worthy endeavour, although I did escape without ever buying a shrug sweater (is that what they were called?), a trend a few years ago, that did absolutely nothing for me. But I've heard this blog calling my name for a little while now, so I thought I'd give it a go. The thing that has been holding me back from starting any sooner is the fact that I could not think of a title. How does one sum up all the words they're about to say in one line or less? I resorted to book and movie titles to help me out, and finally short-listed to two. My other choice was the Baerg Identity. One of my favorite books and movies ever is the Bourne Identity, so this seemed very appropriate. There are a few other titles in the series, including the Bourne Supremacy and the Bourne Ultimatum. Those could have worked.... However, I am a big fan of Sophie Kinsella, who writes hilarious British chick-lit. Her Confessions of a Shopaholic series is another of my favorites, and while I do enjoy shopping, it really doesn't define me. So, what defines me? Probably a lot of things, but my love of all things food is definitely defining, so hence the reference to chopping. Make sense? I'm open to other suggestions, so send them my way. Doesn't mean I'll change the title, but I'd love to hear some other good ideas.

I've put a movie on for the kids so I could blog uninterrupted, and it's worked great! However, I can't ignore them forever. Once they're in bed, I've got a bit of time to wind down, make my smoothie, then I'm watching 24. Love that show! (I've often wondered at the irony of three very similar characters - Jack Bauer <24>, Jason Bourne , and James Bond . Just coincidence that their initials are all JB? Any other significance you can see?

Cheerio!