For my birthday in 2021, I got a cornhole set from my parents. On the boards was a corn-themed logo and the URL RayKorn.com.

I assumed they had ordered custom boards from a company, and I wanted to see what else that company offered.

There was no website.

They had just created the name and logo as part of the gift because they thought it would be nice.

Because I tend to overthink things, I started worrying that someone else might eventually register the domain and turn it into something unrelated—or worse, something I didn’t want associated with my name.

So I bought the domain.

At first, it existed for no real reason other than to prevent someone else from taking it. Later, I started getting renewal emails from GoDaddy so I logged in, picked a simple layout, and filled in the blanks. I chose the homepage image just because I liked it.

That’s how this site became… this site.

Fast forward another few years. A friend was eagerly awaiting the release of GTA VI. He, with the help of AI, created a small HTML page that ran a countdown. He loaded it locally on our workbench computer so we could all enjoy it.

As a surprise to him, I took his local copy, threw it out onto GitHub, and put a link to it on my growing site. You can see it on my Projects page.

Then I wanted a place to store files that I accessed a lot. My Concert file, Book Club, Running Club…so I started throwing those out on Links/Files just so I could access them from anywhere at anytime.

Next came blog posts.

I’m not sure why I started that.

I was going through the ‘My Story’ links and thought some of them should be longer and could use some more explanation.

Poof….now I’m throwing posts out there on an irregular basis.

It’s not a diary…or a journal…or a blog….

it’s…

Hell, I don’t know what it is. It’s a record of my life, I suppose.