In the Beginning...

... there was BBS :o)

Okay, I am ancient enough to have been around before there was a web, and get this, used to host BBS over my phone line. How sick is that?

Now, since then I have been going on bitching expeditions, as if it was a life style. It sort of actually is. Well, you know, MY lifestyle.

After years, hey, over a decade, of bitching on various boards, groups, fora (yeah I know the plural of forum; plural is when, you know, like, there is more than one), my fans (both of them) kept embarassing themselves by begging me to start a blog.

As it is fairly difficult to turn down people who employ the art of begging convincingly, I finally decided to hear their pleas. Well that and the fact that cross-posting my takes on life became too time consuming. It got bad enough that I was invited to my own funeral after not having posted for a couple of days and everyone was convinced I must have finally met what I deserve, my early demise.

So here we go, my fist blog.

For the six people who don't know me, a few notes as an intro:
(1) Don't read my blogs, you will be offended.
(2) Don't criticize my blogs, or I will be offended.
(3) It is my job to bitch about everything; nothing is sacred.
(4) It is your job to agree with me, because I am deeply hurt if anyone doesn't.

That out of the way, I would love feedback and to learn about other people's views, as long as they agree with me in principle (the poor misguided dears who don't, well, they should post as well, to give it all some kind of irrelevant, yet highly fashionable democratic touch, lest my blog gets liberated by way of bombing the data center).

What to expect from the ThePrivateerDaily is basically the view of someone on the street who is on many streets at the same time. And I mean that literally. Been to over a hundred countries (ooooh), done business in a dozen or so (aaaah), and believe to be qualified to comment on things the press often has no clue about, but reports on anyway (arrogant prick, I know).

I dislike rules that make no sense. I dislike people with no track record telling me how to live my life. I dislike people people who believe to be making an argument when in reality they are stating an unbacked opinion.

I dislike people who spend their days pointing out that I am not using a spell cheker and don't reread my texts befor hitting publish.

Welcome to my life,
enjoy the ride.