Wow.. First blog. Almost like getting a driver’s license or having sex for the first time. Almost scary. There are tens of millions of eyes out there. They are not reading. But they could. Some are ten times smarter than me and some are dumber than a broom. One could be read by Americans or Brits or Japanese or Germans and for that matter a forest ranger in a strange planet in the Alpha Centauri star system. How do you know they don’t have forests over there?

What is important is who you write for. Obviously if one writes, it is to be read. But read by what kind of folks? Everybody? Surely not. Generally you cannot discuss the chord changes of “You must believe in Springs” with people who are into Country music or even Rock and Roll. The same way if you are a French socialist you will have a hard time understanding what an American Republican or a libertarian is talking about.

That’s the beauty of this thing: there are people in cyberspace that are crazy in the same manner as you. Even if there are only a couple it is worth the reach out.

I have been concerned about politics in the last few years so I’ll talk about that. This includes the economy and social programs. No, I don’t have any qualification to do so, but being given the way PHDs have screwed it up in the last 30 years, I think we have a right to talk about the basics and common sense. International politics are also quite interesting. There again, the PHDs have not helped.
I am white and my wife being from Brazil is a mixture of black, indian and white. In the US she would be black. She says she is not. I’ll talk about that subject.

Photos, friends, food, travels, music are all interesting subjects to talk about.