December 5, 1998:

I decided to cement my daily thoughts in immortal type, and plaster them here on the World Wide Web for all to read. I'm doing this because I call myself a writer, and writers are supposed to write. I just hope that at times my jumbled mess of thoughts will make sense to someone, and make them think. Maybe you'll step away from your computer screen a changed person. Or maybe you'll just laugh and shake your head. I guess we just have to wait and see. So here we go. Thanks for joining me on what could be a wild ride.

What's in a name?

And with those words a daily exercise in creativity began. Some call it a blog. I've called it all sorts of things:

Daily Ponderings (original title)
ReAL Thoughts (title during tenure with ReALMagazine.com, June 1999-Oct. 2003)
Thoughts (current working title under the Monkey administration)

In a nutshell, this is the personal blog of Kevin D. Hendricks.

9 Questions:

Name? Kevin D. Hendricks
Age? Born in 1979.
Marital status? Happily married.
Children? One and a half (we're in the midst of adopting).
Home? St. Paul, MN, USA.
Employment? Self-employed. Formerly the BGEA, NPS and Kroger, among others.
Novel? Yes. Downtown Dandelions.
Pets? Two dogs named Speak and Mazie.
Faith? Yes, please.
The photos? Yeah, I'm addicted. Check out my Flickr photos, or for even more artsy fun check out my blog Start Seeing Art.

Support

thoughts has existed in various forms since December 1998. Since then, I've tried to provide original, though-provoking material for your consumption. This has been a free service that I've been more than happy to provide -- I probably get more out of it than anyone else. While thoughts is a free service, I do accept donations.

Since attending a private liberal arts college and finding my wife there, we have debt equivalent to the cost of a small home. Add to that the fact that I'm unemployed and my wife is a teacher, and you can see that we're not living large. I don't say this to incur your sympathy, only to let you know that any donations received will be used to pay off our school loans, not a high-dollar night on the town.

So if you like what you see here and you want to support these efforts, make a donation. You can give however much you want to, and if you don't feel like giving, don't (I'm not here to make anyone feel guilty).

Additional Support
You can also lend your support by shopping at Amazon.com or iTunes. I get a small cut of purchases made after clicking on links from my site. I have similar deals with Petco and 1-800-PetMeds through my dogs' blog. Also, I get a one-time cut when you sign up for DVD rentals with Netflix.com.

In addition, you can support the advertisers throughout the site by clicking on their links.

Finally, you can buy a copy of my novel.

Thanks,
Kevin D. Hendricks