Yes, it’s true. Reports of my digital demise were not greatly exaggerated—they were spot-on. OGNDY.com—uninterrupted online presence for seventeen years!— flatlined sometime in 2023/4 after my sainted wife decided to retire her hosting plan without warning me. One moment my blog was ambling along like an aging rock star with tinnitus; the next it was gone, scrubbed from the servers like it had never existed.

We had a marital performance review that evening.

So here we are: the resurrection. Call it Version 2.0, The Reboot, or—if you’re feeling theological—the Second Coming of the Old Geezer. I’m not promising miracles, but I can at least get the lights back on and the amps warmed up.

What will you find here? The same thing you found before, only older, meaner, and with slightly better post-production values. Fitness rants from a man who has now learned (the hard way) what joints are for. Guitar musings from someone who long ago accepted that tone is 80 percent fingers and 20 percent swearing. Commentary on current events, politics, and culture—because if the world insists on being ridiculous, the least I can do is point at it. A little literature. A little philosophy. A dash of whatever else drops into my skull at inconvenient times.

This blog is not a brand. It’s not a “journey.” It’s not content strategy. It’s me, the Original Lars, doing what I’ve always done: thinking out loud where people can read it and judge me accordingly.

So welcome back. Or welcome for the first time. The Old Geezer’s not dead yet. In fact, he’s barely getting started.