I have had this website since 1995. I’m an innovator that way. I’m no coder or designer, just a communicator wanting an outlet. In the beginning, I built it with FrontPage and DreamWeaver, then along came WordPress.
At the risk of getting of getting too in the weeds, WordPress is the “content management system” that runs ScottKJames.com. The content I write is placed in categories, and categories help you build the navigation structure of the website. I damn near sounded like I know what I am talking about. I don’t.
Because I am a sexagenarian (look it up, ya perv – but it made me giggle, too) with a middle-school boy’s brain, I decided to call categories “sheets”—think of them as your menu sections: News Sheet, Political Sheet, Cigar Sheet, Societal Sheet, Random Sheet, etc. Click one, and you’ll get every zinger, rant, or smoky reverie that fits that flavor. It’s all neatly corralling my brain-farts, culture critiques, political roastings, and holy-water epiphanies into their own little pens.
Why “Sheet”? Because it’s about as mature as a whoopee cushion in Sunday school and twice as fun. Every time you see “Sheet,” let your inner middle-schooler giggle—no actual wordplay about bodily functions needed. (But you know it’s there, lurking.)
Then there’s the Scott Sheet email newsletter—your three-times-weekly inbox ambush. It’s like having a VIP pass to my diary, except instead of Sunday school lessons, you get hot takes on Colorado’s latest fiascos, world weirdness, late-night revelations, and yes, maybe a whiskey-soaked cigar tale or two. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays: mark your calendar (or don’t, I’m not your mom).
So wander through the Sheets, subscribe to The Scott Sheet, act like you actually give a sheet (I just couldn’t help myself…), and join the circus. If you hate it, there’s an easy escape hatch at the bottom of every email—no hard feelings. But if you’re ready for unfiltered commentary, spiritual smackdowns, and the occasional smoldering cigar story, this is your home turf. Let’s get messy.