First Post!

My name is Kenneth Tamada, and this is the first blog post I've ever made in my life. I'm a 48 year old mechanic living in Honolulu. I'm divorced, and my only son has long since moved to the mainland, so I suppose he feels obligated to teach me how young people waste time nowadays, to make sure I don't get bored. He's lucky-- I like technology. On his recommendation, I upgraded to Firefox this morning, and found that it has an automatic spell check. Two thumbs up.

While I have been making use of email, Youtube, and Amazon.com for years, the attraction of blogging has always eluded me. It seems to me like people do it for attention-- they live for the idea that people will see their blog as one of the top search results, and think that it's very funny and insightful.

It's just that I don't have strong opinions on much of anything. I think the most important thing I learned from serving in the National Guard is that what you can do and what you're willing to do is much more important than what you think. When it comes right down to it, you either can or you can't. Politics has nothing to do with problem solving. I know CPR, I'm in shape, and I can fix almost anything that could possibly be wrong with a car. Those are things that get things done, when you absolutely need something done.

Therefore, I'll only indulge in writing opinions about current events and politics if I'm truly bored. I would much rather write about my daily exploits... assuming business picks back up and I don't end up having to sell the computer. Hey, maybe Obama will make things better for me; I sure don't make enough money to have my taxes increased. Maybe I even won't have to pay for health care any more! Oh, I can hope.