Oh, Hai Reader!

A day in the life.

My name is Jim. I am a simple man who enjoys the finer things in life: bad movies, tall mountains, good beer, novelty culture, the hottest of sauces, bitchin' tunes, vegan food, whiskey, scary stories, Jazz basketball, empty deserts, vinyl cusine, faithful friends, fine books, historical curiosities, bizarre travel destinations, and old school wrastlin'. By day I am a dedicated public servant at the Utah State Archives and Records Service.  However, my most important job is husband to one amazing lady and dad to one human, two dogs, and three cats. We call Utah home. It is a bizarre, beautiful, and befuddling place.

This website began with a very specific intention. I wanted to carve out my own slice of the digital frontier for the express purpose of presenting the (heavily curated) parts of my life that I am comfortable sharing online. As a result it now features direct links to the various profile pages and social media accounts that I keep updated on a regular basis. If you are interested in my taste in books, by all means consult the bookshelf! If you're curious what I'm drinking, visit my online beer collection! Or maybe you're looking for recommendations on that next mountain to climb? I feel you, bro. There are even links showing off my (extremely amateur) photo skills and my rare (but hilarious!?) live tweets of bad movies. Yeah, in case you couldn't already tell, the archivist in me never rests and insists (nay, demands!) that I record ALL THE INFORMATION! That said, even with all of this content there was one obvious hole in the standard website portfolio: a blog! And, with that, here we are...

So, the existential question of the internet age: what will this blog be about? I'm still toying with that, so please bear with me. Based on my interests, I want it to serve as a virtual space where I can explore whatever has me fascinated at any given moment. I am fortunate that I have a unique job (with unique access to old information), so I'd also like to use this as a platform where I can also document the weird discoveries I make about the Beehive State. And, like every other human being on planet Earth, I gotta whole mess of (often contradictory) opinions that I will likely share. Ultimately, I reserve the right to genuflect to whatever thing is preoccupying my thoughts week to week (no matter how esoteric or potentially dumb).

Yep, that is pretty vague, but in the spirit of discovery, let's give it a shot! I hope that if you are reading this some future me has succeeded, and you have found something here that is entertaining and worthwhile. And, if that happens, HOLY SHIT, we are really both winners here since we have successfully connected in spite of the complexities inherent with space and time. Good work everyone! High-fives all around. Now, let's begin...