First Post

Every Journey Starts with Just one step: This is mine.

I've never in my life blogged and frankly, for the longest time, I thought it somewhat well... sad. I felt it relegated to the ranks of Comic book Guys (worst reference ever...) However, as of late, I've had a change of heart. I have a few friends who have done it and frankly, it's fairly interesting to read up on. Either I'm overly nosey or I'm the most tame voyeur of all time. Through this, I'm hoping that I can at least get my thoughts out on the page and use this as a forum to help you, the reader. HOWEVER, my end all, be all hope is that I can entertain you. If I've done that, I will have succeeded. "Victory shall be MINE!!!"

A little about me:
My name is Rob and I'm a life long "Mass-Hole" as we're so affectionately called throughout the Union and yes, I love the Red Sox, Bruins, Patriots and the Celtics. (the Sox, the B's the Pats and the C's). I drive like a total and unabashed jerk and, I use the word "wicked" on a regular basis. I'm predominantly Irish, although my last name is Scotch/English. Either way, PASTY is the best way to describe my skin pallor. Suffice it to say, the sun and I do NOT get along.! If they make an SPF 300 I'll be the first in line.

I have too many hobbies to list but I'll be blogging on a variety of them on a regular basis.

-Home Brewing: I LOVE a good beer and I'll be blogging on my recipies as well as my tour of my brewpubs of the world

-Music: I work for a record Label called "Brewhouse Records". Can you tell the ilk of people I hang out with?!?. Check us out! We have a brand new artist named Vanessa Kafka. She's GREAT!! Check her out as soon as you can! In addition, I've been writing a few things, mostly for myself but I'm going to be blogging on that as my projects progress. I play guitar, piano, banjo, Tin whistle, Harmonica and a HOST of other instruments

-Bagpiping: I'm in a group called the Sutherland Bagpipe Corps. I've JUST started in January but I have a history with music, so it's coming somewhat quickly. It is by FAR the most difficult instrument I've had to learn. They're a GREAT group of guys and I'm really looking forward to working with them further.

-Cooking: I fancy myself a home chef. I LOVE to cook and I have to say, my favorite thing to make is quickbread. My most recent success was with a Beer bread recipe I found. Could it be that I've combined two loves into one?!?! More on these later

-Fatherhood & Husbanding: Note that I didn't say Husbandry... If you've seen "dirty jobs" on Discovery Channel, you'll get the reference. EEwwww. Long story short, I LOVE being a Dad and I have a relationship with my wife and daughter that sometimes is just plain funny.

-Voiceovers: I'm getting into it! I've always had a knack for impersonations, accents and language. I figure of the 1001 ignorant things I can do, I might as well use this ordinarly useless talent to make some loot. Stay tuned!!

As you can see, I'll be blogging about nothing in particular. So friends and would be friends. I bid you good eve and I look forward to entertaining, informing you and hearing your feedback!!

-Rob