I'm Doing Society A Favor...So? (a tribute to John Hughes)

I have no work/life balance right now. It is all work right now. This is not a complaint. It is a fact.
I have my regular day job which keeps me busy. But I just accepted another job: Blogger with a side of Twitter.
When I told my boss I had started a blog, she appeared pleased. When I told her the number one reason for doing so was because I have a lot to say, she laughed loudly and said she could not have agreed more.

But really don't we all have alot to say? What makes me think that I am doing society a favor by being another blogger? ___________________________________________________________________________________
Cue: Movie Soundtrack:
("Could it be that one small voice, doesn't count in the room?"-Shaking Through, R.E.M. 1983)

Shaking Through - R.E.M.

___________________________________________________________________________________
The world of HR blogs is thick with opinions. Some of it newsworthy. But I started to think along the same lines as Jason Corsello from Human Capitalist who recently tweeted, "not many HR blogs I read anymore. Just too much noise and little new thinking. Sorry...I said it!"
___________________________________________________________________________________
Cue: Movie Soundtrack
("From every dingy basement on every dingy street
every dragging handclap over every dragging beat
That's just the beat of time-the beat that must go on
If you’ve been trying for years we already heard your song"-Death or Glory, The Clash 1979)

Death Or Glory - The Clash

____________________________________________________________________________________
So where is the new thinking? I have been reading blogs for a couple of years now. Some of it is smart, some energizing, some lovely, some crazy and some just wrong. Just when I think it is all been said, a voice from the Oregon wilderness (Lance Haun) speaks and gets inside my head ... "I still think there is a lot of space out there for people to talk about business and talent. We’ve barely scratched the surface of possibilities." ...and set me back on track. I remembered this is why people keep writing, reading blogs & following tweets. New thinking may not be there on the surface. But new thinking is always right around the corner. And there is always another corner to turn.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Cue: Movie Soundtrack
("And the sun comes like a god
Into our room
All perfect light and promises"-New Sensation by INXS, 1987

New Sensation - INXS

_____________________________________________________________________________________
So what is the point of all this?
Is this just another introductory blog entry, like a bad first installment of what will become a bad comic book/movie franchise? (think Daredevil or Fantastic Four)
Or is it the start of a beautiful friendship? Hopefully it is the latter. Hopefully the HR society is served well by this & all of the other blogs. Hopefully it keeps you thinking.

But "you see us as you want to see us...in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain...and an athlete...and a basket case...a princess...and a criminal. Does that answer your question?... Sincerely yours" WTTO
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Cue: Closing Credits, I walk across the football field, I raise my fist in the air. Freeze frame.
(Hey, hey, hey ,hey...Ohhh..."

Don't You (Forget About Me) - ...