Why blog?

I've never really followed a blog.  Except failblog, but that doesn't really count.  Everyone followed failblog at some point.  But things have changed quite a bit for me recently, so I decided maybe I should give it a shot.

This has been (and will continue to be) a big year.  My wife and I both turned 30.  A week ago we had our first child (Otto is his name and he is kind of awesome).  In less than a year I will complete 25 years of education and will be a non-student for the first time ever.  There are a lot of 'firsts' going on all around me and I'm just beginning to realize, I can't really remember many of the 'firsts' that have already past.

So that's my rational reason for blogging, I guess.  The reason I can bring up at a dinner party and not sound vane or pretentious.  Consider it a diary, if you will, documenting the milestones in my life and effectively sharing them with the world around me.

Of course, humans aren't rational.  And if I expect anyone to ever read this, it better be honest.  I want to entertain.  And I love to tell stories about myself and my job and my awesome family.  And I can sense half my Facebook friends getting sick of pictures of my kid or my dog or my kid and my dog.  

So the other half of my Facebook friends (the ones that realize how great my kid and my dog are) they can get there fix here.  And maybe I can tell a funny med school story or two.  Or maybe a funny Winnipeg story.  Who knows?

And for any non-Facebook friends, if your looking for a glimpse into the exotic world of a Canadian, two income, middle-class family with one kid and one dog, look no further.  It's going to be a wild ride.

See?!  Awesome!