We back.

In a moment of self-aggrandizing glory, I’d like to apologize to the twenty or so faithful readers who I’ve so cruelly deprived of quality commentary while on my snowboarding sabbatical. I have to admit, the brutal presidential campaign, combined with the subsequent and here to incessant, sore-losing neo-con determination to undermine any possible progress has/had taken a larger toll on my writing psyche than I had anticipated. Nevertheless, I too now have got the itch to bitch again, and bitch I shall.

Let’s catch up. I too have fallen victim to the economic downturn and am no longer gainfully employed. While still slightly unnerving, I suffer a fate not nearly as tumultuous as the majority of those in a similar situation, as my previous employer has generously given me enough severance to live comfortably for some time to come.  I’ve spent the time off reading, studying, interviewing, but mostly snowboarding.

My most recent thought about the political climate of the day is that watching the uber-conservative party members scurry and sputter in a slow motion death wobble is analogous to watching the Titanic sink, or a bunch of ants, whose nevous systems have been destroyed by RAID, seize and die.

Briefly, I look forward to the rebirth of the Republican Party, I really do. I think the door has been left open for a new party characterized by socially responsible, fiscally conservative leadership, in a way similar to what we expect from conservative Democrats. I look forward to the Republican embrace of reality, logic, and reason and the defiance of special interest, religious zealots, and the uber rich.

Lastly, I would like to re-kindle my love of Meghan McCain…

Palin Announces Possible Book; Words Threaten Strike.

When “1080p” means more to people than “ISBN” does, anything that gets people away from the TV and reading again is great, even if it is Harry Potter or Twilight. Despite the cookie-cutter, fifth grade reading level trash that Dan Brown and others make millions off of is no substitute for the genre redefining wordsmith of Hemingway or Hunter S. Thompson, anyone who gets people reading is begrudgingly laudable in my book, as much as it pains me. After all, the passive entertainment of watching television is not nearly as intellectually stimulating as active participation, imagination, and direct interaction with a text. Some even go as far as to say that words have a life of their own and metaphysically perhaps even more so. Great words travel through time and space giving life eternal to the genius of authors who assembled them previously. However, even words have feelings, and there comes a time when measured in whole their value to literacy and intellectualism is so low that they can’t justify the collateral damage to the environment their publishment would incur. Upon this abuse, words must come together in representation of the letters they contain and the meaning they refer to, put their proverbial “feet” down, and state, “We’re not gonna take it.” This is when words go on strike.

CNN reported today that Sarah Palin could currently be in talks with various publishers regarding a book deal surrounding her personal experience during the 2008 Presidential Campaign that would total more than $7 million. The thought of Sarah Palin authoring anything other than a resignation address from politics is nauseating. The thought that millions of people might be…