Time to park The Idiot Speaketh

Since the beginning of time itself, man has been asking “What is the meaning of Life?“

I tried to apply this question to the world of Blogging.

What is the meaning of Blogging?

I started blogging back in late 2005.

I had no idea what I was doing and had no idea what place Blogging was supposed to occupy in my life.

Was it supposed to give me something to do during the day?

Was it meant to introduce me to new friends?

Was it meant as an intellectual outlet for the warped childish sense of humor that I pass off as being my intellect?

Was Blogging supposed to help me lose weight?

What color is clear?

Why do tigers eat their young?

Questions…….

So many Questions…….

For years, I had no clue about most subjects in life, especially in the world of Blogging.

I started out using the Blogs as an outlet for the immature little kid trapped in a disabled middle-aged body.

In time, I named that immature little kid “The Idiot”.

I used the blog to make fun of my idiot life, through my idiot actions of the past and present, and introduced the Blogging world to my loving and supportive wife, who I cleverly call “The Wife”, and my youngest spawn, who I cleverly call “The kid”.

I used the Blog as a Therapy tool to deal with my chronic Depression.

I used the Blog as a tool to deal with my Disability.

I used the Blog as a Political Soapbox at times, in which I proudly spewed my left-wing propaganda while ridiculing the fact that I was a staunch conservative for most of my adult life.

I used the Blog to become friends with some of the most amazing people on the planet.

I have used the Blog to actually be able to meet some of those amazing friends in person.

I have used the Blog to raise money for various Charities throughout the course of my Blogging life.

I have used the blog as a motivational tool to force myself to exercise and lose weight, documenting over 10,000 miles of riding on an exercise bike in the process.

I have used my new knowledge of Blogging to actually branch out and start other blogs covering a wide variety of subjects. I rarely talk of them on this “main” blog, but I currently have FOUR other blogs that I write, but none with the frequency of this blog.

I think I finally figured out the Meaning of Blogging.

Blogging is a Journey.

In recognition of my liberal place in my life, I liken it to a Cross Country Journey on a multi-colored Hippie Bus.

I started driving my Hippie Bus back in 2005 with no idea on where I was going.

I started out virtually alone. Most days, I would be driving while, If I was lucky, my cousin and a few other family members would occasionally tag along with me.

Along the way, I started picking up hitchhikers, other bloggers that were on their own journeys.

I made multiple stops along my journey.

I stopped in Idiotville, Humorville, Therapyville, Depression Villa Estates, Disability Shores, Charity Town, etc.

At times, my bus was overflowing with newfound friends.

As in any bus journey, friends often got off the bus and were replaced with new riding companions.

Life was never dull.

At one point, I had like 150 female readers and one lone regular male reader (John E.), causing one of my readers to announce that I had now obtained a “HAREM” of ladies, a distinction I proudly ran with until I finally accepted that it was not all that socially acceptable to have a Harem in this day and age, so the Harem faded away. Now, I just had a “Chick Gang” of readers, with the one Dude thrown in for good measure.

While I had fond, happy memories of former riders, each day was a new adventure as my wayward Hippie Bus would stop to pick up new riders.

The Blogging Hippie Bus spent years travelling the globe. Most days, I could not envision a life without that bus. That bus WAS my life.

Then, one day, I saw a sign that indicated I was fast approaching the end of the road on which I was travelling. I looked at my map. The road did indeed end up ahead. The only option for me was to reach the end of the road and stop, or reach the end and turn back around.

My Hippie Bus does not have a reverse. There is no going back.

The Idiot’s Glorious Hippie Bus has indeed reached the end of the road. It has brought me on an amazing Journey, and I am a much more blessed and enlightened Idiot because of that journey.

It’s time to park this bus and relax for a while.

If views were miles, this bus will have logged over 3.3 million miles by the time I park it. It’s a wonder it has not exploded into a fireball before now.

After a while, who knows how long, I’ll find a new Hippie Bus and will start a new Journey, back in the direction from which I came, but using new roads.

Along the way, I hope to pick up many of my old hitchhiking friends, and many new friends.

BLOGGING IS A JOURNEY.

I CAN GUARANTEE THAT THE JOURNEY YOU END UP ENJOYING FROM BLOGGING WILL BE QUITE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU HAD IMAGINED WHEN YOU STARTED YOUR FIRST POST.

Many of you started Blogging with the thought that just a few people might actually read what you call your “ramblings”. Most of you ramblers now have a legion of devoted readers and have made far more friends from blogging than you could have ever imagined.

Many of you will go from being obscure “ramblers” to published authors.

I have no doubt that many of the people I have met in my journey will someday be famous through their writings.

I know blogging has helped many friends who battle the same Depression Demons that I, along with millions of other people, fight on a daily basis. Blogging allows us an outlet to say things that we could never say in person.

Blogging can be great therapy.

Sigh………..

Well, it looks like the Hippie Bus and I have reached the end of the highway for now.

This is not the end of the Journey, this is just the end of this LEG of the Journey.

A new bus awaits for the next leg.

It’s being painted as we speak.

At some point in the near future, I’ll climb behind the wheel and start off on the new part of my Journey.

And I can reveal to you today that the new Journey will be on the blog that is to be called……..

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The Empire of the Idiot

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(Start triumphant theme music and release the doves)

See Ya’ll on the new bus!!

**I will post on HERE when the new blog launches, so if you remain a subscriber, you should get an email with the info on the new blog. **

This IS the right time for me to step away from THIS blog. I have had 5 weeks now to reconsider my decision and am still confident that I am doing the right thing. Blogging has long since passed being about statistics to me, so even if the new blog gets only 5 readers a day, I will be happy. This blog here will live on for decades and I’ll have many fond memories reading back through some of my warped and goofy posts that have graced these pages. What will the new blog look like? Knowing me, it will probably end up being a clone of this blog. I can’t take the warped and goofy out of the Idiot know matter how hard I might try.

The Idiot and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Thanks for riding the bus with us! Please collect your litter as you leave the bus.

Will the last person off please lock up?

Thanks!

The new biking through Europe blog is here.

(A brief trip down Memory Lane)

The Idiot and his Wife

The Idiot rides his Exercise Bike all the way to the Empire State Bldg.

The perfect gift from a great Blog Friend.

The Idiot tries to send his Mom to a better place in 2011.

The crowd watches as the Idiot proves that he can stay submerged for an hour without breathing, just like the other Whales of the species.

The Idiot, Blog Friend SeaSweetie, and her Daughter, eating deep fried cow balls in Denver, 2011.

“I was in the pool!! I was in the pool!!” (The Idiot’s Polar Bear Plunge, New Years 2011… 37 degrees)

Best photo I have ever taken. A man in Bolivia, taken on charity trip in 2010.

The Idiot resisting arrest in Peru in 2010. (Charge: Public Idiocracy)

Eating Armadillo in Bolivia. (Tasted like Pork Chop)

What 100 miles in one day looks like on an exercise bike. (My record is 201 miles in one day)

An Idiot in training… The Idiot, 16yrs old, guiding his parents from Oregon to Japan…in a crate.

Michael Jackson would later steal my white glove look…..

Bell Bottom White Pants, Brown Belt, Baby Blue Shirt, Insurance Salesman Tie…..I miss the early 80′s!

Resolutions for 2013

Be more Positive
Lose more Weight
Read at least 12 books during the year
Resume drawing
Actually complete the hike I was unable to conquer a few years ago
10,000 miles on the Exercise bike in one year
Break down and actually get glasses
Reconnect with blog friends
A new humor blog leading to inevitable world conquering and domination
Expand my Cauda Equina Syndrome Awareness blog
Stop Worrying
Make it the entire year without undergoing any type of Surgery
Be in Indiana in April for the birth of my first Grandchild
Stop watching Political Shows on TV
Stop Procrastinating on everything
Less Skittles
Did I mention the world domination blog thing? I did? OK, let’s go with that first…..

Special Thanks to:

D’Aun Pakulak (The Wife)
Tyler Pakulak (The Kid)
Alex Pakulak (The Oldest Kid)
Hannah Pakulak (The Daughter)
Lulu (Idiot Cat)
Maddie (Other Idiot Cat)
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And all the other wonderful people who’s names I have shamefully left off the list only because my feeble mind is now fried and my hands are hopelessly clenched with arthritis due to typing all these names….

Thank you to ALL of you!

All 2,654 2, 660 Subscribers!

Yes, even you!

No, not her….. You!

Yes you!

Buh-Bye!