The Big Duh
The following may seem obvious as hell to most of you, but it took me three or four years in my late 20s to early 30s to figure it out. I won’t bore you with the details of my personal psychology, subcultural identity, and other factors that made this less than obvious to me. But here it is: You can be shrewd and skeptical without being cynical. You can be passionate and idealistic without being naive. I struggle sometimes with finding the right balance. I think, particularly, because it’s hard to be funny (or at least my kind of funny) without seeming cynical. So even though in this early part of the endeavor, this space is a way to force some discipline on myself and try to write something everyday, I can’t promise that it’ll always be high minded, nor can I promise it’ll be catty and funny. It’ll probably be each one from time to time.
I do plan to write a little mini essay in the coming few days that will quickly cover some U.S. political history and compare some things in our past to some things we’re living through. I’m doing a bit more research, since U.S. history isn’t my specialty.
