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Why Blog

Why do we blog? Why do I blog? Money… yes it’s all about money but before you leave let me tell you why I blog for the money.

There are actually five reasons (or more if you count pets) here at home for me to maintain my websites and blogs. When first starting with Internet marketing it was all about trying to make a little extra cash, but then I dug a little deeper and actually thought about why I want the money it hit me like a sack of nickles across my face. My family…I have been blessed with a beautiful family, a loving wife and, for the most part, 3 terrific kids. Well hey kids can drive you nuts at times .

My oldest whom is actually an adult of 18 now is a shining example of the future of the United States, one of which I am proud of. If you watch the drive-by media you will see nothing but doom and gloom for our future. Even when it comes to our young people they want you to think that the world is going to hell but when I see my oldest I know we will be in good hands.

An honor student, an independent thinker, a great writer and creator of content and (even though I didn’t try to influence it), a young staunch conservative. I am very proud of her. She understands the difference between right and wrong, that she is responsible for her own actions and that nobody owes her anything. She is ready to jump into the world with no hands out, asking for nothing and ready take it on and to make what she wants to make of it. I will probably not need to help her, but I want to and that is why I blog.

My middle child is the party girl who wants to just have fun, but like her sister she “gets it”. She knows the difference between right and wrong, keeps everyone inline and makes sure nobody is doing anything ‘questionable’. She brings joy to all those she meets and will take that personality trait to great heights, of that I am sure, and to encourage it is why I blog.

The youngest is an ornery little guy that thinks the world is full of pirates, sailing ships, toy trains and monsters. While he may be somewhat right about the pirates and monsters, his imagination and young age offers him limitless possibilities. My little buddy is why I blog.

Then finally my wife, who works until 3am, gets up at 6am and does it day in and day out. I blog for you my dear so that some day you can sleep in.

I guess you can say I blog for money… or is it something else?

Blogging To The Lowest Common Denominator

The saying goes “there are no stupid questions” OK if there are no stupid questions then what about the questions asked by stupid people? What are those supposed to be? And how do these people actually grow into adulthood without sticking themselves in the eye with a knife because nobody told them otherwise?

If you look through the posts here you will notice that there is very little opinion, or commentary within it. Most all of the content here on WordPress Max has been straight-forward, guides and tips. The only time my smart ass, cynical, attitude shows is occasionally in reply to a question in the comments section of a post. I have kept most of my personality out of the site to appeal to a broad range of people and not to offend anyone.

My “real” job has dealt with the public in some type of technical or mechanical capacity for over twenty years. Teaching people how to do something or helping them troubleshoot a problem has to be done at times, in a very basic manner. One little thing that you may think would never be overlooked, even by the dumbest of the dumb, should not be bypassed. I used to work for a large window manufacturer, and a “contractor” who told me he had “installed thousands of windows in over twenty years” complained that a window was leaking. I asked questions on the phone and finally agreed to “have a look at it”. When I got to the house and asked where the leaking window was he pointing to the ceiling. Yeah, sorry skylights are for your roof, windows are for your walls, and I also suggest not using them in that glass bottom boat your building there either Einstein! I would have never thought to ask if the window was actually in a vertical wall or a sloped roof, but have ever since.

When I started this site and started writing guides about WordPress my intent was to keep it very simple for the beginning WordPress blogger. I did this because I found some of the basic answers to questions on one particular WordPress forum were not answered or the questioner was chastised for asking such a simple, stupid question. Now I fear I have turned into what I once loathed. But I will still try to keep my sunny disposition and answer questions and write guides for the lowest common denominator.

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