My blog is an effort to save my family and friends from being swamped with all the stuff I have been forwarding to them for the past 10 years. Whenever I read a column I love, or find a great joke, I tend to yell “Hey. Look at this,” and send the damned thing to a big batch of folks. Now, instead of clogging up their pages, they can come to me if they’re interested in my offerings, or they can just ignore me and sail through life in ignorance.

What will readers find on this blog? A lot of politics. I am fascinated in how this big dumb country keeps stumbling along at the head of the parade, despite all efforts to knock her on her ass. The great majority of my stuff has the sweet aroma of liberalism. George Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney and Sarah Palin make me gnash my teeth, which is hard to do when you’re sucking your thumb. I also love jokes, dirty or otherwise, as long as they don’t stink of racism. And, on top of all that, organized religion scares the hell out of me.