How This Got Started

To put it quite simply, an incredible posthumous blog post from a soldier who died in Iraq (which can be found by clicking on the title of my post) has inspired me to begin my own blog.  I can't even remember how I found this incredible muse, as I had never heard of Andy Olmsted, Hilzoy, or the blogging site Obsidian Wings when I first read this six months ago, but I am grateful that I did.  

The Catch 22 here is that while I feel that Andy's post is a must read, it is also somewhat of a crippling blow to this blog which is just beginning.  Can I live up to the standard set by such a well thought out and emotional piece of writing on a subject as personal as one's own death?  Short Answer: No.  I can only hope that anyone reading this will bear with me while I try to sort out this whole blogging idea.

Thanks to Obsidian Wings and Hilzoy for posting Andy's last writing.  While I have not spent much time on your blog to this point I plan on changing that.

And of course a very, very big thank you to Andy Olmsted (wherever you may be).  I didn't know you, but I wish I had.  

http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/01/andy-olmsted.html