I started this blog in September of 2009 as a way to get back into writing and for a forum to express my thoughts. In August 2010, I moved the blog from its WordPress.com home to a new WordPress.org template. Now in 2011, it’s back to the original WordPress.com home. It has retained its original purpose and theme to this day. Comments, discussion, and suggestions are always welcome. Registration to the site isn’t mandatory to post a response and anonymous comments will always be allowed. I generally remove email addresses from comments as well. If you like what you read, I invite you to share (both your responses and the content) with other people. I will continually make the effort to keep the site up-to-date as long as you are here to read. Thanks for all of your support over the few years.
(From my first blog post) I am, of course, The Average Carter. I am average in that I am probably what most people would consider an average individual, at least in my region. I went to an average school, I had an average upbringing, I kept average grades, had the average first marriage and separation, and finally have made an average amount of money, and done average jobs. Well, you often hear the saying, “smarter than the average bear” or at least something along those lines. I prefer to say “smarter than the average Carter.” It’s just something that I’ve been stuck with for a while. And when I decided to start writing I couldn’t think of anything much better or more appropriate than that. Because honestly…how many Carters do you know?
My attempt with this blog isn’t to advertise to an average reader or to get anyone to adhere to my ramblings. I’m not going to be posting pictures or articles for you to comment on. I will simply be saying what’s on my mind, and I’ll hope that you’ll take the opportunity to comment back. Commenting will be open, and I won’t make any plans for registering or anything like that unless the spam filter starts to fill up. This also won’t be a debate forum or anything like that. Flaming and harassing comments won’t be tolerated and will be deleted and IPs blocked. Aside from that, free speech is the only requirement. I hope you enjoy and will participate. Thank you.
