HECK YEAH! A blog is launched

Get out the champagne! Crack it against the hull of my blog! I am launching a new ship-of-state and emblazoned across the bow is HECK YEAH! 

It came to my attention that a truly memorable blog has a theme.  They are like Harlequin romances, each book is different but you know what to expect in the end. Take the blog Brian Drake Explains it All. Nice title. Intriguing concept. You find yourself asking, all of what? And who is Brian to explain it? Most of the time Brian is explaining something about writing (he is a fabulous e-book thriller author). This, of course, keeps me coming back to his blog for more. I have been hoping someone would explain it all to me for a very long time. I just wish Brian would hurry it up. He's only scratched the surface and I'm not getting any younger.

But, back to the matter at hand: The christening of my blog-ship. For the last year , my blog has been afloat in a sea of possibilities. I wrote about things that interested me but there was something missing. It was time to anchor it and Heck Yeah! would do the trick.
 
But I must give credit where it is due: Heck Yeah! is not my brainchild; it is a concept that came out of the brain of my child. He wrote Heck Yeah, Redondo! for Patch. Com.  To say I was in awe of this bit of creativity was an understatement. Uttering those two words wrapped me in a feeling of optimism and gave me permission to easily follow his insatiable curiosity about everything. My son's Heck Yeah, Redondo! inspired me to look a little closer at the world around me, comment on what I saw, cheerlead for those who need it – myself included - rejoice in cool stuff, point out something you might not have looked at twice. What, I wondered,  is better for the spirit than a rousing shout out of Heck Yeah!  The answer is, nothing. 

 I coveted the concept, so I took it (but I asked first). Eric Czuleger - playwright, blogger and Peace Corps volunteer - is kindly transferring Heck Yeah! rights to me since he is off to Albania for two and a half years where he will teach English and write his blog, Peace Monger.  You'll be hearing more about this, especially when I'm homesick for him. Lest you think I pressured him into signing over rights, this is simply payback. He usurped a character I had planned to write a book about. He wrote a play. Truth be told, he did a better job with her in his play than I would have done in my book.

So, Heck Yeah! I'm ready to see what develops now that my blog-ship has been christened. I'll write about everything that's cool and positive and wonderful and curious. And Heck Yeah! there will be times when I'll slip in a Heck No! of outrage or chagrin.  

I probably won't 'explain it all' but what the heck, I'll give it a whirl.

* Other cool, descriptive blogs: Two Ends of the Pen (a blog/review site maintained by an author who writes with a partner), Frugal E-Reader (the name says it all), 1 Quirky Girl (don't miss this one – food, fun, and quirky stuff).