HONEY, I'M HOME

Yes, the rumors of my death were greatly exaggerated. As Miracle Max (Billy Crystal) says in The Princess Bride, "There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive." I'll cop to being mostly dead for the past several months.

I'm kind of like Conan O'Brien...back doing the same thing, just with a different stage and format. What is it that draws one back to blogging? Novelist Leo Rosten said that "Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed." Not sure how true that is. All I can say for sure is that in my case I just plain missed doing it. Though some of what I wrote was upsetting to others to read, it was in fact very cathartic to me.

This new blog will be a bit more hard-edged and a bit less politically correct. Though I will not type a single word with the intent of offending someone. It's just that I had reached the point with The Prodigal Glenn where I was overthinking every word I typed for fear of offending someone. This time around I intend to write fearlessly. About bipolar depression. About relationships. About drinking. About family. About spirituality. About life in general. And if you happen to find yourself offended by something here, feel free to leave and not come back. I don't care. My days of letting other peoples' opinions of me define me are over. Not to seem ignorant, but if I can't write honestly, what is the point of having a blog?

Along those lines, I will be moderating comments. This doesn't mean that I won't publish comments that disagree with something that I write. Far be it from me to be that egotistical. I just want to be able to screen comments that are simply mean-spirited slams on me, potshots taken anonymously and meant only to injure.

I encourage each of you to become followers, and I'll get a Facebook Fan Page up and running soon. In the meantime I'll be busy readying my first actual post. I hope that you will join me often, that you will feel free to comment, and most of all I hope that you find laughter, love, and truth on these pages. May God richly bless you all.