Making some changes…

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Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about the old bliggity blog and my goals for 2010. As a result I haven’t posted as often as I would have liked, especially with all the post fodder I have with us expecting our second child. One of the reasons is that I’ve been busy working on the relaunch of the first blog I started, Draft Nuggets.

Back in January 2008 a friend and I started the Draft Nuggets blog to give us a chance to dig deeper into our obsession with the NFL by analyzing the draft from a historical perspective. I am pleased to say the blog is mostly ready for prime time and while we had planned on announcing the relaunch just before the Super Bowl, we found some interesting draft insights we thought would be fun to share during the playoffs.

So, I’ll be spending a good deal of time over there for the foreseeable future because it combines two things I really enjoy: blogging and football. By no means am I abandoning this blog, it is just that I may not get to post as often as I have in the past.

If you have any interest in football, or specifically the draft and draft history, I invite you to check it out. And despite my personal fan leanings there are no sacred cows over on Draft Nuggets. We’ll call them as we see them.

Another change I’m planning on making involves my ‘Dad in the Kitchen‘ series. I did a little research on Google Analytics at the end of the year and have surmised that the food posts aren’t necessarily the most popular content I’ve produced.

When I originally started I only had so much to say about being the stay at home dad to a six month old, so I thought I’d share my passion for cooking. Later I had the idea to combine the first years worth of kitchen features into an ebook, but somehow that morphed into a second blog dedicated to my kitchen exploits.

The ebook, which I had hoped to finish in December, didn’t get done. Problems both technical and motivational in nature conspired against me. I still have every intention of finishing it, but it is going to take a little more time because I wasn’t as diligent cataloging the images and I’m still undecided if I’m using the appropriate platform to produce it.

This isn’t to mean that these type of posts are going away entirely, but I think I won’t be doing anything as ambitious as the Fall Flavors series here again. In any event, if you like reading about my kitchen exploits, I invite you to also check out the blog over at the peaches en risotto site.

As always, thanks for reading and being part of my little corner of the internet and I look forward to what 2010 has in store for us all.

otter321

Good luck with the draft blog. Let me know when it is ready and I will check it out. My football thought is that I hope the Cowboys kill the Vikings and end all this Brett Favre talk.
PJ Mullen

It's actually up now if you want to take a look. I just finished revamping the navigation scheme and have a few pages to re-write. We've got a few posts that will be going up throughout the playoffs, but the real launch will start just after the Super Bowl.

I couldn't agree with you more. One of my best friends and Steely Dad are both big Cowboys fans, so I'm rooting for them to win. That and I really want Mr. Wrangler to get sent home to sulk on his tractor.
R_Mattocks

I pretty much lost interest in football when Colt McCoy's arm went numb... (I'm a UT alum) Dang nab it all

Anyway, I totally understand what you've go going on, but I'm always a loyal fan.
PJ Mullen

I understand that, but you had to be encouraged that Gilbert almost brought them back. Personally, I was rooting for Alabama (I have no college football ties, I went to a D3 school) because Saban made Dolphins fans miserable, but I thought the way Texas' D was playing and the adjustments made to the offense to get Shipley involved they could have pulled it out.

I gathered that from your post, just got back from your blog. Honestly, the NFL blog could actually turn into something commercially viable. As we've talked about, I have no interest in doing that here. I'm just having fun, but at some point I need to contribute to the household with another kid on the way. And if some of the stuff we've come up with pans out, it could prove to be financially rewarding. Then again, it could all be wishful thinking on my part. Wouldn't be the first time I thought something was a good idea that turned out not to be.
R_Mattocks

Oh I was definitely hopeful alright =-) They'll have a strong team next year at least, and in a couple more they should get another shot.

That's great stuff on the NFL site, and I hear you on the contributing part. That's dwindled for me too. Still, you've got a solid network base from your personal blog and that's going to pay huge dividends in getting things moving. Everyone's either a football fan or knows one. And you know I'm going to be following your every insight concerning by beloved Bills (yeah, I know. Don't say it.)
PJ Mullen

Very true, especially with USC about ready to implode (Lane Kiffin, really?) and Florida will probably take a new step back without Tebow. Texas certainly has a shot to return.

Hey, I like the Bills, as long as they aren't playing my Patriots. I just hope Wilson gets his act together an hires a real coach this time around. Jauron was a good DC, but not a good HC. And, hey, they got younger at GM if you consider Levy was the last true GM they had :)