Alright, here goes…
I always come at things late. There’s not a trend-setting bone in my body. Sometimes I latch onto the very best (gmail), sometimes the worst, and sometimes I’m so late, it’s hard to tell. (I still can’t decide between Nearly Neil and the real thing!) What I’m trying to say is, blogging’s been around for a while now, and here’s me giving it a go.
I’ve had all the typical reasons preventing me from beginning a blog: what do I say? who would care? what’s my stich? how do you spell “stich”? etc… But, I’ve decided enough is enough. Time to start. I’ll figure out the answers along the way, and with help….
For now, who I am:
If you say my first and last names really fast, they sound like the possessive noun phrase “Ed’s wart” (yes, I have childhood scars).
Best crank call ever: “Hi, is this Ed Zwart? I’m Frank Spimple.” Too bad it was left on my answering machine. Hopefully, the caller will read this and know I laughed hard at that one! 
So, why did I call this blog Skriv Zone Words? (This explanation, now that I think about it, should leave you with no doubt about my inability to set a trend!). “Skriv” comes from my first ever internet handle in 1995; it was for a NY Times account. I had no idea what a login was, so I made one up from the first collection of syllables that came into my head: skrivnut. Don’t ask. I have no idea! Anyway, I’ve since dropped the “nut”, but for this blog, am keeping the play on wordz. Huh? (I’m a big fan of the letter “Z”, which you really shouldn’t need telling rhymes with my first name!) Ah yes, “Zone”. Ed’s wart… Skriv’s Own… eh?? pretty clever, no? . . . No? Okay, how about Zone Words … Zwart… Still nothing? Ah fine. I’ll probably change it next week anyway…
