My First Blog Post

Hi everybody!

First of all, I hope you read the above greeting with the voice of Dr. Nick from the Simpsons in your head.  Secondly, I’m Ryan, and I’d like to welcome you to my very first blog post!  I hope this finds you well.

I’d like to introduce what this is all about.  Due to recent events (or non-events, if you prefer, due to current social distancing), I have recently been inspired to start a blog.  Some people might think that a bit odd, considering my relative lack of social media presence, as well as the fact that I’m an introvert who is not at all a public person by nature.  I’m not even a writer – my degree is in math, not English.  But for some reason, I have felt a desire to get some thoughts out there.  Maybe it’s to get my creative juices flowing.  Maybe it’s because this is simply something to do during this time while everyone is staying indoors.  Perhaps this has some deeper meaning, so that something I write will help inspire, encourage, and bless others, especially during a difficult time for many people right now.  Or perhaps it will at least serve the purpose of entertaining and amusing people for a few minutes.  Perhaps this will get billions of views and change the world.  (I don’t expect that to happen, but you never know.)  Or perhaps nobody reads this and I’m just doing this for my own personal amusement.  Even if that’s the case, I understand that there’s at least something to be said for putting your thoughts to pen and paper (or the modern technological version of pen and paper anyway), so I will give this a go.

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