What are "Dan Duties"?

That's a good question.

First of all, I'm Dan. And "Dan Duties" is a term coined by my girlfriend of many years, Melissa, to describe the various undertakings (some mundane, some obscure) which I feel compelled to occupy my free time with.

I don't quite feel up to writing much narrative on my nascent weblog yet, so I'll start off with a list of some things that are definitely not Dan Duties:

1. Sports of any kind
2. In-depth political analysis
3. Chick lit
4. B movies
5. Gardening
   
6. Celebrity gossip
7. Financial planning
8. Reality television
9. Fan fiction
10. Plans for world domination

If you're hoping for any of that stuff, you'll want to look for it somewhere else on the World Wide Web. Not making any promises, but I might blog about some of the following:

1. Stuff I watch on Netflix
2. Vacations around the Pacific Northwest and in the Greater Toronto Area
   
3. Food I eat
4. Library issues
5. Puget Sound history
6. News stories that strike me as interesting (including my favorite: stories about dumb criminals!)
   
7. Middle-earth
8. Critters of all kinds
9. Whatever I might be reading
10. Indignation over traffic transgressions of Washington drivers

So, I dunno. I guess this is my first blog entry. Yippee.