Throughout any given day I come across situations or observations that amuse or frustrate me. After such situations, I often think to myself "I should write about that," but I don't have [ok ok...'make'] the time to do so.

As soon as I think about writing it down it becomes a burden. First I feel like I need to describe the situation so you will understand any context. Seriously, sometimes context makes or breaks a story. After setting it up comes the easy part...the punch line [aka: my observation]. But then I often feel like I need to explain why I felt that way or what about the scene generated that observation because I don't want things to be taken wrong or out of context. Then I start to wonder if it will be anyway which leads to me bagging the idea all together.

There ya go...my complete thought process from having great idea to not writing about aforementioned great idea. One of the reasons excuses I have for not writing more. And just to be clear, I really enjoy writing. It's one of the big reasons I'm still doing this blog thing after 4 years, but let's face it...I don't get paid for it and it really does take time.

Anyway, here's my bright idea...one-liners!

one · lin · er [wuhn-lahy-ner] -noun

• A single sentence or phrase that describes an observation made by me.
• Observations made about anything and everything: life, work, driving, software, meetings, email, sports, etc.
• It reduces a long diatribe describing the situation, context, impressions, perceptions and responses to a single, simple phrase.
• Removes blame [and hopefully the part where I look like an asshole] by not mentioning people who could otherwise be hurt by my cynical thorough observations.
• Easily consumable, yet [hopefully] informative and entertaining.

Some say I have a cynical view of the world around me, but I prefer to call it realistic. Of course, my perspective is subject to my own inflections, experiences, knowledge and insights which should make them perfectly unacceptable for social consumption. Keep your eyes open for my one liners on dirtyDogStink!

~tod