Howdy everyone. Howdy is how we say Hi in the Southern United Stated. Hah!
So, based on the encouragement of the system to introduce myself, I give you... my fabulous first post.
Yes, the content will be dull and crappy, and probably won't interest most of you one bit. But We have to get the first post out of the way somehow right?
So, in brief, I'm an older than Steem's target demographic internet dabbler from Tennessee. Husband and father of one ten year old son. We are huge hockey fans, and he plays at the local ice center every weekend, while dad can barely stay upright on his skates.
Hobbies and interests include sports, Fantasy Sports, science fiction/fantasy novels, being the best damn dad I can be, and travel (i.e. vacation).
I found Steem when I started to dabble in CryptoCurrency. And I suspect I will spend most of my time here continuing to learn. I am a small fish in a big pond here, with investments of just over $100 USD. I got pulled in by the Facebook Posts about PlexCoin and threw $25 at that, which I now consider dead money, but the rest has gone into some alt-coins in hopes that I can catch lightning in a bottle. My first venture was literally to load $50 in Bitcoin to Bittrex and buy 1000 shares (coins?) of a bunch of the cheapest out there with no research involved. I think I lucked into owning a few decent ones, but most will likely be duds as I educate myself further. I'm still at break even after a week, so I haven't thrown the baby out with the dishwater yet.
I'm more interested in investing than in mining, but I will read mining articles as well to see if I need to dip my toes in that avenue as well. But my main computer is a laptop that is shut down frequently, so based on my limited knowledge, I don't think that is a great mining rig.
Aside from that, Fantasy Football is coming up, so if you are into that, or maybe there is a Steemit league forming, let me know, I'm down for that sort of thing as well.
I do like to consider myself a bit of a creative writer, my problem with story writing is my attention span, I write a page or two, then I walk away and never come back. So If there is a place where people collaborate on creating a story together, that would be something I would like to get into.
Please feel free to point me in the right direction!!
From another post I read, I found Steemfollower to help build follows. It sounded like a good tool to help get you started on upvotes and followers, so I joined up. If you are interested, please take a look at: https://steemfollower.com/?r=1668. It is a referral program, so I do benefit if you join, but I am not shucking something I am not using. It seems like a great way to help each other out without using bots.
So that's my pitch. Feel free to comment below and start a discussion. I am sure to have more to say at points. I hope not to offend anyone, but I do have a pretty dry sense of humor, be forwarned.
Thanks for reading!!! Have a great day!