Greetings Friends

Welcome to my very first blog posting! I'm very happy to be writing to all of you. Thank you for reading and please continue to support my dream to express myself. My endeavors here will not be without you, the person sitting in front of the screen, giving me your somewhat undivided attention.

I've been searching for something. Like most of you, I question my purpose in life. "What am I here to do?" The answers have not come easily, and they continue to surface. Now I'm not saying it's my life's ambition to blog. Certainly not. Through these posts, I hope to start myself down a creative path, leading to... well... money, for one. That's probably not what you expected to hear. But let's be honest, I want to get paid. I'm not into freelance. I expect to write for a living someday and white picket fences don't grow on trees. I therefore consider this blog as an internship; a vehicle to get me where I want to go. I intend to drive this gravy train until the biscuit wheels fall off.

Now, let me warn you. I don't aspire to give you a weekly account into the Adventures of Patrick Orlando. This forum has no boundaries. I will write about anything: what annoys me, what makes me smile, what I ate for breakfast two weeks ago, robotic mascots, horribly disgusting things left on the side of the road, etc. I think you get the picture. I certainly don't devote these musings to utter crudeness. However, I reserve the right to say what I want, when I want. Colorful adjectives and expletives will be used here OCCASIONALLY. I can invoke my guttermouth gene when it suits me, but I don't want to alienate those of you that may be offended. I have alternate vocabulary that I can fall back on. Nevertheless, if you are under the age of 18, good sense dictates that you should beware what is said here, and go back to your game of Candy Land.

Now that we have that out of the way, allow me to say once more, thank you. I am truly going to enjoy writing to you. I'm sure you'll enjoy it as well. Until I write you again, I hope your stay at 1 Madman's Missive will be a pleasant one.