Here's to Lame-Ass Beginnings
Ok.
Ok then.
An inauspicious beginning. Low expectations. That’s the trick.
Let me get the Admiral Stockdale questions out of the way first.
You, a blogger (is that even the right term? I’m so new at this. I’ve never even read a blog. What if I accidentally offend the blogging community? How will I keep from shooting Archduke Ferdinand?). You read these often. You dabble in writing.
Me, a mid-level public relations flack inside the beltway. I’m anonymous because, well, Washington is the smallest town there is. If you’re reading this in Ohio or Texas or wherever (there’s a goal, READERS) I’m sure Washington seemed large when you said, “Oh, it can’t be a far walk from the Washington Memorial to the Capitol… look, it’s right there.” But Washington is a small town. It’s made small by the small minds, large egos and gossip, which as we all know really makes the world go ‘round.
I’ll tell you the truth. There’s an idea. But I’ll have to warn you. I don’t always know what it is. I know a few things that it isn’t. It’s not politics, no matter which party you want to take to the prom. It’s not government, even though perhaps the best evidence that it is working right is that most everyone hates it. Truth isn’t religion either, not that I needed The Da Vinci Code to explain modern religion to me. (A digression. What a gigantic turd that book turned out to be. I should have known better, but I picked it up and, egads, I read it, assuming you can apply “reading” to that book. On the other hand, how amusing that an out-and-out onslaught against organized religion landed on the best seller’s list in George Bush’s America.)
The only thing that I know is true is that no one is in charge. We all know this, but our reactions to it are as varied and nuanced as human existence. (I promise not to write sentences like that often, but I couldn’t help myself.) That’s how I see the world, and it colors my perceptions, relationships and my career. Of course that might just be my mood.
Anyway, the above mental masturbation will be kept to a minimum. I prefer visceral, immediate and occasionally ill-conceived commentary.
I hope you visit again.
9:19:49 PM 
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