Washing My Mouth Out

I distinctly remember the first and only time my mother washed my mouth out with soap. I must have been no older than 5 or 6 and I was sitting at our dinning room table in Minnesota drawing. I remember going outside the lines and saying a swear word (the one that starts with an "s" if you must know). My mother was so shocked that she dragged me that very instant into the bathroom and commenced scrubbing my taste buds. To this day I can still remember the taste. I also remember what happened right after ward. I think she felt guilt - mostly likely since my other genetic half had used the word around me earlier that day - so she gave me back the rest of my grape soda I had been drinking and never presented another bar of soap for my tongue again. It's amazing the impression it left. It is forever seared into my brain.

I guess I relate this because it is a good layout for what I hope this blog to be. Mostly I hope this will be a place where good ideas and discussion will occur. However, I have come to realize in life that sometimes we say and do things that others don't like and we and they get a bad taste in our mouths. So be forewarned that all topics will not be ones that you may agree with and may rub you the wrong way. I hope others will make you laugh and give you an insight into how my brain works. My goal is to post once weekly about random topics that I hope will generate a good discussion. If all goes well, I will invite others to be guest bloggers.
I have a few topics already brewing for discussion, but would like your input as my readers - all 5 of you because I really don't expect more than that right now and that number might be a bit high. So leave me a comment that lists topics you would like to have me write about and then opened up for discussion. Each week with my new post I will also do a follow-up to include comments made from the previous weeks posting. Are you still following me? Check back this Sunday for my first writing and we will go from there. "See" you then!