I started blogging in 2005 during the heady days of the Tampa blog scene explosion. It was new and fun and I could not wait to get home and blog about the daily trips I had. Something changed along the way, however. The United States economy fell apart like a three dollar watch, killing hope and breaking the spirit of many. Most of the local bloggers just went away. Their dormant blogs left abandoned years ago, a testament to a vital community killed off by fast change and greed. Many Tampa blogs still show the last post from way back.
During this time, FaceBook was taking off and it seems to be where most people are at. The blogging scene just a faded memory for me. However, I still believe a blog can succeed. A blog can still get noticed. I believe in blogging but you just have to find your way and have a message.
For a blog to succeed today, it must really have unique content that people can't find anywhere. It must also give them a reason to disconnect form FaceBook, and actually go somewhere else on the Internet where they may get back some hope. Not the hope and change promised by a failed administration, but the hope and spirit they felt when love was young. When you felt things would last forever, like a kid during summer when there's a bit of a buzz but only back then you did int know what is was.
I have a story to tell and I need to get to work. I am getting older along the way. "Daily thoughts and inspirations from a Tampa taxi driver on the back half of life" is more important to me now then just stories about drunks who puked in my cab.
In the coming years there will be changes. I may get out of cab driving. My interest may change. My hobbies may change. I may no longer live in Tampa. One thing will never change - the meter will always be running.
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