Starting a Blog

For years I've attempted to start a blog. Unlike most people with blogs, I'm boring.

I don't travel.
I hold few fierce opinions on hemlines and celebrities.
I love food and cooking, but [Michael Ruhlman](http://blog.ruhlman.com/) does it much better.
I love my work but would rather not write about it.
I don't live in a vibrant city. I'm not passionate about cars.
I enjoy drinking beer but have no desire to dissect a brew. I'd rather drink a second and third.

I work with my hands. My income is average. I have an Associate's Degree. Mid thirties. Married for more then five years, less than ten. No kids, yet. I live in a rural Virginia blue collar town, but commute thirty miles to work in a wealthy university town. I like my current senators but would've voted for [John Warner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warner), too. I drive a '93 Toyota pickup. Like I said, pretty boring.

**BUT . . .**
I try to live the life I talk about. Sincerely, truly, I try to walk the walk. It's not a Christian walk, nor a Buddhist one. Not the "I have so much money I can by a farm and pretend to live in 1932" walk. Not a "Only Local Food" walk. It's merely about being true to oneself, one's personal philosphy, living with compromise, and following through on what you say.

So that's where I hope to take this blog. Laying out personal beliefs, why I think this way, what I did or will do about it to make my actions and beliefs mesh, and how it turns out.

**Why would anyone else care?**
I figure someone else out there is struggling with how to fit local food into an average budget, or even more basic, WHY eat local? Same thing with going green, following a life's passion, loosing weight, etc... The "Why" will figure in big, as will the economics (I'm a Scrooge), but I'll try hard to skirt around sensitive topics like Global Warming and give more practical, non-political, day-to-day reasonings and follow-throughs.

All in a aw-schucks down home kinda way.