LAWRENCE, Kansas – I first created “The Slog” and “Scott’s Shots” as variations of online columns. I used to post papers that I’d written for classes and later posted a lengthy review of a Super Bowl broadcast. After writing a few opinion pieces that I submitted as letters to the editor when I was at Syracuse, I decided just to start writing occasional columns.

The first installment of “Scott’s Shots” came in November 2004 when I wrote a column about sports television on an airplane and decided to post it to my site. From that point on, it became my place to pretend to be someone with far more inside knowledge than I ever actually had. I’d only write about certain topics and not very often.

Then I created Scott’s Log, “The Slog,” meant to be a pseudo-blog because I wasn’t quite web savvy enough at the time to attempt an actual blog. Unlike the “Shots,” “The Slog” was just a place to write shorter blurbs. It usually meant venting about what I liked and disliked from live productions, perhaps more negative than positive, but what did I know? I was still pretty early in college and didn’t really think much of it.

So, now, I’m trying to revive this whole mess a mere two years later or so. Hopefully, a lot smarter about what I criticize and how I do it, but I’ve put all of the old stuff up here anyway. Not to get too philosophical, but I still subscribe to the belief that you have to know where you’ve been to know where you’re going.

Looking back, there are still some things I agree with and other things I’ve learned to understand better over time. At one time or another, I’ve offered up criticisms of some of the greats still working in the industry and some of the producers and directors I admire most. No one’s perfect, and so many people work on these shows that it can be easy to place too much blame or give too much credit to the people in the most prominent positions.

That having been said, I intend to bring this back in the spirit of what it was always meant to be: an outlet. I also want to make these posts less about television alone and more about my own experiences. So, here goes nothing.