I believe that everyone should have the right to believe in a gendered or genderless being/force/flyingspaghettimonster who may omnipotently care or chose not to care about the 9,000-year-old, (or older), speck of cosmic dust called Earth and the creatures huddled thereon. But…because most of those beliefs imply, infer or out-and-out…
When I was seven or eight, I decided to teach myself how to play the guitar. Guitar for Beginners by Rennie Lester was at eye level, (my 4’-2” eye level anyway), on the rack in Krupp’s music store, so I paid the seventy-five cents and hurried home. My older brother…
I believe in debate. I believe that discussions between passionate people with differing opinions can lead to better solutions to problems than tackling them from a single-minded point of view. Modern political campaigns and American-Idolesque face-offs masquerading as debate have drifted far afield from the simple concept of candidates stumping…
Like many of you who suffered through the ninety minutes posing as this election’s first Presidential debate, I was perplexed by the demeanor, (or lack thereof), of my guy, while the well-coached Mr. Romney was pre-programmed to bulldoze his message, (or lack thereof), through the confusing format, (or lack thereof),…
My redesigned website is taking a bit longer than expected to launch. Besides, I’ve been busy cramming for Wednesday’s debate, (is it still considered a debate if one of the debaters has no opinions to defend?), choosing and stocking the appropriate snacks, and rating the various participating networks to determine…