Rant #1,874: I'm a Writer

Happy Friday, March 31, 2017.

This is the last day of March, the 90th day on the 2017 calendar.

It is also the day before April Fool's Day on April 1.

A few years ago, you might remember that I pulled the ultimate April Fool's Day stunt, as I told my millions of readers that I would not be writing this column anymore.

Well, not only don't I have millions of readers, but I obviously didn't give up this column, and in a few weeks we will be reaching 1,900 posts.

I had no idea what to write about today to celebrate April Fool's Day, but thinking hard enough, I thought that I would do something a little off the wall.

So here, to the tune of the Beatles' "I'm a Loser," is my Rant for today.

"I'm a writer
I'm a writer
And that's just what I appear to be

Of all the tales I have written on this blog

There are no posts that I have made me agog

Everything I write, I write with some fun

I like to write, and I am never done

I'm a writer
I'm a writer
And that's just what I appear to be

Although I laugh and I act like a clown

Sometimes my words are quite profound

I write about this, and I write about that

At times I am like a dog chasing a cat

I'm a writer
I'm a writer
And that's just what I appear to be

I don't know what tomorrow will bring

What have I done to deserve such a thing?

And so it's true, pride does come before a fall

But I will tell you that I will never lose it all

I'm a writer
I'm a writer
And that's just what I appear to be."

Yes, no matter what is happening, I am a writer, and writers do sometimes appear to be tortured souls, even on my level.

But I fight to not let it get to me.

Like in another Beatles song ...

"O-bl-di, O-bla-dah, life goes on … "

Have a good April Fool's Day, and have a good weekend.

I will speak to you again on Monday.