Charles Stricklin

A college buddy of mine asked me via e-mail, “Why so long between blogs?”

I can only assume he meant posts, but I got the drift.

Well, the main reason is time. I’m actively producing two podcasts, editing two others, volunteering at my church, add to that that I’m doing some freelance blog and podcasting work all while holding down a job that routinely requires that I work 10-12 hours days and spend 50% of my week staying in motel rooms.

Add to that that I first took down this blog because I hope to launch a podcast consultancy business in the coming year and I didn’t want my conservative/libertarian politics putting off possible clients. Obviously, I’ve resurrected the blog, but you might notice most all the political and religious stuff is gone.

I plan on blogging here more often, in fact, I was considering today whether or not to add a podcas; a sort of a “stream of consciousness” podcast where I’m not concerned with theme music or the number of subscribers or monetizing it, a podcast where one of my cats, Samantha, can start “talking” to me whilst I record and it doesn’t bother me. A podcast where I can say whatever is on my mind (within reason) as a way to “send questions out to the void.”

Maybe.

I learned several very important lessons regarding cell phones yesterday:

1. $20 belt clips generally don’t work well.
2. Cell phones in general, particularly Motorola V3ms, are not waterproof.
3. When you purchase a cell phone at a discount under a provider’s long distance plan and they ask you if you want to add insurance say, “Yes.”
4. When your service refuses to extend your contract an additional two years in order to purchase a replacement phone at discount, it’s time to seriously consider just paying the $200 early termination fee and finding someone else.
5. GSM is better than CDMA.