I’m starting a new theme/meme. Maybe it’ll get me posting more. Possibly it will entertain the 12.9 average weekly readers of this quiet blog. In the least, it’s about open sharing and fair trade of information and greatness, and that’s something I think everyone can support.

Every Tuesday I’m going to share a blog, a Twitter, a TV show; some source of something that I think is great. If you Twitter, this is like a #followFriday. But this is on Tuesday, and not necessarily Twitter related.

This “sharing a blog I read” is something I’ve previously argued against doing. Clearly there’s risk. I could offend you with what I think is great. I could insult you with my low-brow levels of entertainment. Even worse, when you eventually read everything I read, you’ll lose interest in me. You’ll know what I know, before I have the chance to tell it to you. I mean, my humor is repetitive enough as is; what happens when you know the joke/story/news before I tell it? Eventually you won’t need me.

But, in the meantime, I’ll share what I can and maybe you’ll share things back with me.

We would be remiss to start our #sharingTuesday without nodding to my Canadian beer loving Saints over at pintday.org (or pd.o, or pode if you say it outloud). Their blog, the first I ever saw with their own ISSN, is a weekly collection of beer (laden? induced?) supported rants. This week’s draft (get it?) is especially funny because the boys teach you how to properly rant at a bar on a Tuesday. (pintday.org/archive/20011113)

Okay, two things. One, I know pintday’s blog is now defunct (the pintday spirit lives on, and I still try to worship). No one says funny has to be current. Old things can still be funny. How many times have I watched Ghostbusters in my life? And it still makes me laugh every. single. time. So it’s okay to dip into the vault at #sharingTuesday. pd.o will also be funnier if you like Canadian politics, computers, and hating traffic.

Secondly, yes, I know it’s Wednesday. Get off my back. Let’s be honest: these aren’t going to EVERY week, and maybe not even all on Tuesdays.

So, there we are. #sharingTuesday #1 is pintday.org Enjoy, and see you next week.