Why 'Fast Food Sign'?

Hello, and welcome to my blog. I started this at the suggestion of my wife, Liz after a series of frustrated rants (none of which were directed at her). The truth of the matter is that I had actually thought about starting a blog long before they were popular. Many of you are probably going, "Yeah, right. Everybody says they were thinking about doing something before it got popular," like joining MySpace, for instance.

Your first thought may be, "Why 'Fast Food Sign'? If not, the title of this posting asked it for you. My original idea for a blog, came about when I was still in college. Toward the end of my time at The Art Institute of Phoenix, many of my classes would end at 10 pm and it would be a half-hour drive home. Liz and I had been dating for a while and it was common of me to go over to her parents house to hang out with her after school.

On my way home, there was a Burger King at an intersection I often stopped at. The intersection was McKellips and Country Club Drive in Mesa. Like some fast food restaurants, this Burger King had a marquee, back-lit with fluorescent lighting and black block letters would be placed. Often, establishments such as this use this space to advertise specials like a 99¢ Whopper where "For a Limited Time" lasted six years. This sign was different. I'd only assume it was the manager, or the owner of this Burger King, that used this real estate for something else. Space was limited, but that didn't keep [whomever] from posting a little rumination, if you will, generally on the subject of politics or current events. I was inspired by this act and I too was looking for an outlet.

Originally, it would be a daily blurb, posted on a web site offering personal insights for any who would like to read it. There were aspirations to make it "the next big thing", but my real goal was to get my thoughts down and maybe draw a chuckle or an inquisitive "hmmm" from a reader. Daily life and personal laziness has prevented this vehicle from coming to fruition until some 5 oer 6 years later, and the same will probably prevent my daily ruminations from actually being just that, daily.

I've got few rants inside my head already, and I'll probably spew them out in some stream of consciousness nonsense when I have time. Unfortunately, we've got a new puppy and I hear some rustling downstairs. He's probably up to no good. Therefore, I must wrap this up for the evening with an old email signature I once had.

Stay tuned for another episode of… "The __(fill in the blank)__ Adventures of Glenn!" Good night.