I originally started to blog because I wanted to pass on tips to guys about mainly two subjects: fashion and investing. It has pretty much consumed me for the past two months. So much so, my dear wife is wondering if I am carrying on an affair with someone on the internet.

But each day the posts seem to come from thin air and deep inside somewhere in my subconscious, they combine or collide together and the end result lies here in between yesterday and tomorrows post.

I would like to narrow my topic of discussion to a few main ideas, but those ideas have to yet show up. Fashion and finance have had to share, many other subjects. So this is what you, the reader gets. Sometimes a coherent article, most of the time a splatter of my muddles thoughts

I recently was asked to guest post at Blogs With Wings and did a piece aptly named ” Why Blog?”  Basically I came to the conclusion we do this as an extension of ourselves and that you the reader are our sounding boards and consulars at the same time.

Lately I have tried to balance my time on here and my personal time with my family, to make more equal. In doing so, I still find myself wanting to check the emails, or comments when I am away from the computer. But now I wait longer to check the blog and glad that I did. When I do come back ot the blog it is nice to see many new comments and each time it is a nice present.

My wife and I finished a movie this evening called the Julie/Julia which was a nice movie, not great by any means. It involved a woman who was close to her thirtieth birthday and felt something missing in her life so she decided to blog. A blog about cooking her way through the Julia Child French Cookbook and post on her progress.

Of course her ending was happy, she was giving of movie contract, book contract and probably a few more great opportunities, because she started a blog. She was also very lucky.

I know that isn’t the reason we start blogs, to get a movie based on our blogs. Nor do any of us feel that someday we will be able to retire and just become a blogger. I am sure out of over 200 million blogs out there the chance of that happening is probably 5 in 200 million, which are probably the same odds as hitting the lottery.

But I believe each of us who do write a blog,  in the back of their head, feel that maybe our blogs mean something to someone. It’s funny how it grows into an important piece of your personal psyche. Exposing yourself daily to people you have never met nor most likely ever will.

After watching the movie I went to the Julies blog and their it was, the last post done I believe in Aug of 2004. It was a time capsule, a glimpse of someones life they had spent for a year writing. It had an beginning and an end. While the blog no longer is updated, it is still there, open for anyone to read at any time. Like a book on the bookshelf.

It gave me a a new outlook on my blog. It raised more questions then answers I am afraid. But clearly it made me think. To narrow down why I am blogging, keeping to the subject matter of the blog. And to finish what I have started and to think about an ending point.

Of couse this is a fairly new blog, so it is evolving each day as I write it.  While I am not thinking about what the end of this blog will look like, or at what date. It does make me think harder at what I am trying to accomplish with it.

The one major decision that I will start involves the frequency of my posts on here. I have been updating on a daily basis, which on many days is getting harder to do. The first month it was really quite easy, as I had many things to say. But now it is increasingly harder to post on something meaningful.  So instead of a daily post, I will be cutting back and will post a few times a week. Hopefully with a better outcome and something that you will want to read from start to finish.

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This is a very meaningful post for us here at Man Over Board. We are hoping that no one takes it the wrong way and understands what our belief here in writing this little blog.

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We have been blessed with a great following and one we hope never to disappoint or annoy. OK maybe annoy a little. We try are hardest to lighten your day, each and every day. By posting a funny or wacky post, helpful tips on fashion, finance and of course the opposite sex. Our main objective is to get across to you, our readers,  how much we enjoy to blog and the passion we have,  to try and help the men out there to look and feel better about themselves.

This isn’t a blog about rocket science nor is it a blog that is retreaded material. However we do acknowledge when we do use others peoples words we always give credit to them when we reprint them.

This is the part of the post that we hope no one takes offense to. We have been acknowledged by other great blogs and readers for being one of their favorite blogs, honest blogs, funniest blogs, or (insert your adjective here) blogs and in so doing we are HIGHLY honored and want to extend our sincerest thanks. But we do not write this each day with the hopes of achieving such awards and while they are a very nice benefit for doing something we enjoy so much, but there is no need for such recognition.

The past two weeks trying to get a post up each day and just running the behind the scene mechanics of this blog, it leaves us very little time to do much else. Unless we are willing to sacrifice time that we have set aside to devote to family and other personal activities. To acknowledge every award and to then also post about them, along with having to pass them on to other worthy blogs is one thing we must say thank you so much, but we cannot accept them any longer.

We hope this doesn’t offend anyone, as it not meant to. All we ask for is an occasional comment from you as the best award we could ever ask for. If however you do feel as thou we are worthy of any awards, we have placed a banner on the right side bar, called Hottest Daddy Blogger and can leave a vote for us there. Whenever we see this banner on any other blog we go to, we will do the same. We also ask that if anyone deserves acknowledgment, it is our veterans of war and on the top left of our blog you can give your thanks to them there.

Thanks for your continued support, great and funny comments and just stopping by and reading what we have on our minds for that day. God Bless you all and to all a good night.

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