What it is and what it may be
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in
the process he does not become a monster. And when you look
long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you."
--Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Beyond
Good and Evil
"Once more unto the abyss, dear friends, once
more...."
--William Shakespeare, King
Henry the Fourth, Act III, Scene I (and through my bad memory of
the correct quote [breach, not abyss], but even badly quoted
Shakespeare still sounds cool).
My first try at doing a brief intro rambled like a century-old country
lane, so I'll try to keep this just a touch shorter. Nothing much
really to tell at the beginning, save that like many, many others I
have achieved a sufficient level of self-importance to think that my
opinions and the day-to-day of my life is worthy of being read by
persons other than myself. This seems all but intolerably
egotistical to me, but since I do have aspirations of writing as a
profession, I'll have to accept and deal. And fact is I do have a
way with a word or two and can turn a phrase with the best of
them. Should anyone deign to read my meanderings (maunderings?)
on even an occasional basis, I hope I can keep things somewhat less
than boring. Please comment as you see fit. I'll probably
leave the comments on, but I'd like to think that a plus of doing a
blog is always having the last word. If I do turn 'em off, I'll
keep the e-mail addy readily available and do like a digest response or
something. We'll see how it goes.
No overarching purpose just yet, save perhaps comic book reviews, the
lack of reasonable ones here being
the one of the major forces that moved me towards doing this. I
may veer into the realm of politics as well, if for no other reason
than to vent my conservative spleen after having to put up with all the
liberal bilge in this city. I do not
pretend to be an expert in either realm, but while mind is sound and
wit is sharp, I think I can at least turn out a thoughtful word or two
on current comic books, if not insightful political commentary.
Oh, and to any cute or above, 30-something women, just cut to the
chase, send a pic and
your address and we'll see about a hook-up! 