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But then, you knew that, right? Well, at any rate this blog must be pretty good. I checked out a web site called “What’s my Blog Rated?” that purports to rate blog sites along the lines of movie ratings. Okay, I’ll bite. Who wouldn’t want a rating for their blog? Here is the result:

So, I suggest that PG= “Pretty Good” . Even if that isn’t really what the movie rating, or blog rating people had in mind. What I really find interesting is how the rater determined that my site is “Pretty Good” instead of just plain “G”, or “Good”. Apparently talking about torture, guns and drugs isn’t acceptable in polite circles. Even if, as in the case of my blog, torture is considered abhorrent, guns are considered essential in protecting oneself against evil, and the drug war is merely mentioned in passing.

That’s okay, I can live with my “PG” rating even if I might quibble about how I came to earn it. That is, as long as the rating is unofficial and not to be used to filter me out of web searches and such. It’s actually what I would rate it myself, even without counting the occurrences of supposedly objectionable words.

After all, I ain’t no Mary Poppins, although I do try to watch my manners and language in my writing. I assume that my audience, however tiny, is composed of adults who don’t mind reading about things that I consider to be of importance to grown-ups. I don’t think that’s assuming too much.

Well, I found a theme that I like better than the previous one. It’s clean and simple and mostly what I want the site to look like. I just need to modify the menus a bit and I’ll pretty much be set. I hope readers will find it to their liking as well.

Thanks to co-”worker” for suggesting that my content be both insightful AND humorous. It can be hard to do both simultaneously, but the goal is laudable and I will try to achieve both qualities the best I can. My intent is for this to be a place for me to post my thoughts on what I consider to be the important issues of the day. I’ll trust my smartass streak to help lighten things up. Besides, there’s no way that I won’t be posting things I find just plain funny anyway.

Just a note of warning that the appearance of this blog is very likely to change; although I can’t say just when. Being new to this blog thing and the WordPress software in particular, I hastily chose a theme (the look or “skin” of this blog) that I found acceptable. Unfortunately, “acceptable” and optimal are miles apart in this case. So, I may adopt another “off-the-shelf” theme or modify one that I find closer to optimal.

I may do this tomorrow, or I may do it next year. Just be aware so you won’t be surprised and think you’re in the wrong place should you come back for another visit. The content (that is, my ramblings) will still be the same, but it will be clothed a bit differently.

Actually, WordPress has literally hundreds of different off-the-shelf themes that a budding blogger can use to dress their prose in. They range from colorful to dull to quite nice; depending upon your needs and taste. In case you are interested you can check out the WordPress Theme Viewer to get an idea of what is available.