Cooking for fun

I've always had an interest in cooking but mostly new things that I haven't tried before.  I figured this came from watching my dad cook odd things or try new combinations in the kitchen.  Or from enjoying the jam and preserves my Grandpa used to make every year.  But I just finished an article by Daniel Duane in WSJ that attributes this cooking tendency to my Gen-X-ness based on a study from the University of Michigan that is studying Gen Xers.  Well that's cool, either way the article inspired me to get back into the kitchen and try a few new things and write about it as well.  I figured I needed to write about something to get my momentum back (or started depending on how you look at it).  So this was a good start.  He even has a book coming out "How to cook like a Man"  Which I think I'm going to have to go out and buy, and try out a few new recipes.