Intro to Chucking It

An Introduction and Statement of Purpose

I’ve heard it almost my whole life and thought it would have stopped around the sixth grade, but no. Even today - forty-plus years later - there are still those occasional times when I’m confronted by it yet again, and again.

Instead of hearing it in school cafeterias and playgrounds as the new kid on the block, today it is mostly confined to friendly, celabratory environments - especially those environments where the greater the consumption, the greater the propensity of hearing it again.

Typically, it is when surrounded by such merrymaking folks for the first time, that it is not uncommon for one of them to point to me and say it with great satisfaction.

With beaming smile entwined with good natured confidence, these merrymaking folks and comedian-wannabees enthusiastically take a peculiar pride in uttering it - as if they were the only ones to have thought of it and/or thought it was the first time I’ve ever heard it before.

I used to get mildly annoyed, but now I just shrug it off and shake my head in slight disbelief.

While not actually verbalizing, my body language usually communicates my typical response, “Okay. Here we go again. Yeah, I know. I’ve heard it before. Very funny. Ha Ha Ha.”

In the early days, the gathered crowds would roar with laughter. Today, the crowd roars have been reduced to slight chuckles, as if pleasantly remembering school days long since past.

Yet almost without fail, the one common denominator between school-yard days and today, is that the announcing orators have always been satisfactorily pleased with themselves.

But now it’s my turn.

Something to do with the promise of pens being mightier than swords or in this case, to update the pen-sword expression, the keyboard and mice being mightier than the collected brotherhood of good-natured pranksters.

Accordingly, for all those whoever asked out loud, and/or for those who thought about it, here’s my response to, “What’s up Chuck?”

Yes, I’m Chucking It! And, welcome to ChuckingIt.com.

What follows will be a reporting of sorts from the e.frontlines of life.

No great wisdom is promised.

No editorial board is responsible for these ramblings.

No political causes benefit from such reflections.

Suffice it to say, that this Connecticut Yankee will do his best to report on the humorous, the thoughtful, and the reality of creative life on the e.frontiers of our unfolding brave new digital worlds.

My goal is to tell it like it is while reflecting about impacts and community values.

I share freely as long as you agree not to blame me.

Besides, it’s not my fault, after all these years when prodded, “What’s Up Chuck?”, I’m finally surfacing with replies.

Thank you in advance for the opportunity to share and enjoy!