I grew up wanting to go into journalism - not the best seller's list kind, but the reporting the news in my own way and with my own opinions kind. In fact, some of you may remember my 1 copy "newspaper" that I ran for over 2 years in high school. That dream stayed alive, until my fascination with computers came along. Would I ever have been a success at writing? I guess we'll never know. Andy once said "I obviously have a knack for getting on paper what a lot of people have thought and didn't realize they thought,"And they say, `Hey, yeah!' And they like that."
When I graduated, Gary Laubach, one of my English and writing teachers, had this to say about my "newspaper" - "How will we fill the void? Where will we go for the news, the sports, the goings on of punchbuggies, our weekly French lessons, the zany photographs. Who will devote as much time to informing us about ourselves? No one, I suppose. And thus 'parting is such sweet sorrow'. He has entertained us, brought us to anger, to tears, to laughter; he has captured our inner feelings; our outer facade. None could take his place."
I wish to renew that legacy. So that is the direction I am taking my blog - in memory of Andy Rooney, whenever my creative mind feels up to it, or just feels the need to speak up on an issue, I will do so here.
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