Hey, I missed a whole calendar year!

Hmm, it seems I managed to go without posting a blog update for an entire calendar year. That's pretty interesting, consider how many things have changed this year. I have some thoughts about starting the blog up again, but I'm not sure what direction I want it to take. I've been quite interested in the financial mess that going on around us, so that's one avenue. Tracey and I are also getting more into rock climbing, so I thought I might talk about learning to climb in Victoria. Not exactly complementary subjects though, so we'll see what happens.

Anyway, I haven't forgotten that this is here. I suspect, however, that you have. Maybe I can fix that up...

cheers,
bms

I'd smash a bottle of champagne, but...

...it would make a real mess of my keyboard. Instead, this little post will be the official launching ceremony for this new blog space of mine.

I'm putting this up in the hopes that I'll be able to access and update it while I'm hauling around eastern Europe. It should be more easily accessible for you than the stupid microsoft live space, and I hope it's easier to load and work with from a bad net connection as well.

Comments will be very much appreciated, as it will be a real treat to check in and feel like my writings are actually getting through to people. It's a weird sort of disconnected communication, but it has its upsides. Mostly there's just a warm fuzzy feeling in knowing that people actually care to read about your adventures.

So, here's to the upcoming trip and the success of this blogging attempt! *cheers*

beems
PS: for those of you unfamiliar with the nick, bms came from Big Mikey Schmitz. I think it evolved out of various hockey-related stories. Anyway, I go by the initials or as beems, which is the pronunciation. The fact that the letters b-m-s also phonetically sound like "be a mess" is just a coincidence. Really.