Monday, November 15, 2010

Eight is Enough

It’s been more than eight months since I last updated my blog. Truth be told, I’ve let it go dormant because it’s a heck of a lot easier to post bite-size notes or links on Facebook and other sites instead. 

For a blog to have value, you really do need to give it regular attention. Unfortunately, I spend most of my day at my computer – both at work and at home – and don’t relish the thought of adding to that time. Like most of you reading this, it’s hard to find the extra hours for yet another “assignment.” Another problem is that I when I write, I like to put some time into formulating my thoughts. So there you have it;  I haven’t felt like spending another couple of hours at the computer each day. Thanks for understanding.


Enough of my whining. It’s time to take this thing off life support and give an honest effort in reviving "Sid’s Side." This time I’ll try not to let it consume so much of my time so that it drives me away again. I’ll be brief – perhaps a compromise between the previous postings and the Facebook model.  I’m giving it another shot.

So why dust off the blog after so long? Because today is a significant day and it seemed appropriate.

My dad would have been 100 years old today if he was still alive. That’s an incredibly strange concept to wrap my head around. Obviously, he was older (48) than most of my friends' fathers when I was born. My dad – the previous Sid Robinson – died when he was 60 and I was just a couple weeks shy of my 12th birthday. I don’t know that I ever really thought a lot about his age when I was younger, except that I was the first of my friends to lose a father. But I’m thinking about it now. Today it got me.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Uncanny. I'm looking at your profile right now and but for the hair color, it could be a picture of you and Young Sid...<3<3<3

Anonymous said...

Happy 100th to a wonderful man who had a GREAT son!!! Andi :):)

Unknown said...

SO glad that your back in the saddle with your blog. You are such a talented writer that I get greedy regarding a new post from Sid. I never got to meet your Dad, but if he was anything like his son, he was a great guy!

Anonymous said...

You're back, yay! We've missed you and your blog.

Thanks for sharing your dad with us, sure wish we'd known him but know he would have been so proud of the man you have become and the family you and Beth have created!

Write on Sid : )

Sus and Gordon