MAN ON FIRE! The author of this blog attempting to spew incendiary rhetoric. Can you dig it? 

Say Hello To My Little Friend!

My poor aunt-- she hates Florida, her adoptive home since leaving New York 5 years ago, and is about to be hit with her eighth hurricane. I noticed there is a Tropical Storm whipping across Hispaniola and heading north, almost parallel with big ugly Wilma. TS Alpha isn't going to hit Florida but it's interesting to see that when these storms go traveling, they bring along a companion. Hola!
So this is my nascent blog; my literary fellow traveler. Along with about a million other key tappers I'm going to dribble out the occasional trenchant observation and witty aside as 1) they pop into my head 2) I have time to tap them out here (rarely). We'll see how I do. I drive along each day at my job, listening to various forms of media and forming opinions; occasionally something forms that I feel I should jot down, so I have all these wrinkled little scraps of paper floating around my backpack or jammed in my smelly shirt pocket. At the rate I'm going I'll soon be tucking them under my aluminum foil hat as well. Along comes the Web and voila! -- a place to publish. Well, ok, ten years ago the web arrived, but I've been busy, ok?? Some people who should be otherwise preoccupied have been nice enough to take the time to read or listen to the tiny amount of output I hae managed in between long bouts of navel-gazing and have offered very positive comments. Not all of them are related or owe me money, most have encouraged me to do more. So, lucky you, here is that effort. A friend who noticed the large amount of time I spend absorbing media, and had heard me occasionally mumble, like a deviant to a priest, that I might like to write my own stuff, began to take it upon herself to criticize me for being "all input and no output". Ouch, correct, gotcha. Time has come today.
What the hell is this blog going to be about? What is this Middle of the Road crapola?? Can't I be more original? Do I owe the Pretenders royalties?? Politics is my hobby, but more than that, I have a fascination with human interaction. I believe some things that might seem naive, unfashionable, uninformed, or even just plain stupid, but I do believe, and I believe that I might be right. I think that things can be accomplished by large groups of people that can benefit large groups of people and that these things start with a transformed individual. An individual who has learned to inform himself, trust common sense, understand humanity, respect each person, and strive for good. Most of all, I see that without a vision, the people do indeed perish. Will you obtain that vision here? Hilarious, the very notion. I still seek a vision that firms my own backbone to the proper rigidity, so I make no such ridiculous promises for you, my friend. What you may find here, and thus the title of said blog, is an exploration of moderation, that elusive component of success amid the hurricane furies of partisanship. Be reasonable, you bastard, that's my motto. Let's figure out how, eh? We'll explore some issues and, since this is personal, I'll throw in some stuff about what's going on in my life and world. Hope you like it, amigo.