Ch- ch- ch- changes

I guess it was bound to come to this.

I’ve been writing a blog, Freedom Writing, for nearly one year.

I’ve enjoyed writing it, but it’s become a catch-all kind of blog.

You see, I have many interests, and it’s been hard to confine them to a single blog.

I guess the people who have known me all my life would tell you that I’ve always been interested in current events and politics.

And, in fact, I would estimate that the majority of my posts in the last year have been about current events and politics.

But I’ve also used my blog to write about other things that interest me — sports, movies, TV, music.

Obviously, there is some overlapping between subjects from time to time. In fact, in the last week or so, about half of my posts on this blog have dealt with sports or music, and the rest have dealt with current events.

But I’d like to be more topical.

So, starting today, I’m launching two new blogs.

My sports blog will be called Tomato Cans. (If you don't understand the name, I have a brief explanation posted at the blog.)

My entertainment blog will be called Birth of a Notion. That's a play on the name of one of the original blockbuster silent movies, "Birth of a Nation," which was quite an achievement in its day. It was remarkably innovative when it was released in 1915, although it has become controversial as the years have gone by for its sympathetic and fallacious treatment of the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.

But, when one is talking about the film "Birth of a Nation," one would be well advised to remember the words of film critic Roger Ebert: "'Birth of a Nation' is not a bad film because it argues for evil. Like Riefenstahl’s 'Triumph of the Will,' it is a great film that argues for evil. To understand how it does so is to learn a great deal about film, and even something about evil."

And, above all else, I believe a blog, whether it's about movies or sports or current events, should be a learning experience — for both the person who reads it and the person who creates it.

My Freedom Writing blog will remain active. I will post new articles on current events and politics, and all the entries I’ve posted in the last year will remain in its archive.

I still plan to do some blog writing most days, but my entries may not be in the same blog from one day to the next.

If my post relates to sports, I’ll write in Tomato Cans.

And if my post relates to movies or TV or books or music — or entertainment in general — I’ll write in Birth of a Notion.

Later on, an additional blog or two may be needed. I’ll address that need if it comes up.

Clearly, this will be a work in progress, as I decide which blog to use under which circumstances.

For example, comedian George Carlin died earlier this year.

In the event that something similar happens, I will enter my initial blog post at Freedom Writing.

But if that person is featured in a CD or a movie that is released after his/her death — and if I decide to write about it — my blog post will appear in Birth of a Notion.

Similarly, if someone from the sports world dies, I’ll write about it first in Freedom Writing.

After that, if I mention that person in a sports-related context, it will appear in my Tomato Cans blog.

I encourage my regular readers to support these two new blogs.