Januscary

Not sure exactly why I am starting an entirely new, all-encompassing blog about my life, work, and love for all things entertainment - not when, six days from now, the Armageddon Clock will officially start ticking with the inauguration of President-Elect He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.  While I believe politicians in general to be corrupt and self-serving, the potential for the reversal of the basic human and civil rights that women, minorities, and the LGBT community have fought so hard and so long for is mind-boggling.  For a country founded by immigrants and on the principal of "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" - words that grace the Lady herself as she stands watch in New York Harbor - it's absolutely gut-wrenching to know that a 21st-century Adolf Hitler and his equally hate-filled cronies not only have a tremendous chance of tearing down 240+ years of history ... but that enough hateful, ill-informed citizens of this formerly-great country believed in his con enough to put them there.

But until the first mushroom cloud appears on the horizon, I suppose the best we can do is try to live as normal a life as possible; do our best to hang onto at least a sliver of hope, whether it be in God, fate, mankind, karma, or Batman.  For those of us with our skulls on straight, maybe even be nicer to each other, to make up for the haters.  I think if we have any hope left at all for this world, it will exist in how much we are there for each other.

Meanwhile, this is my blog.  It's pretty much just ... me; imperfect, not always upbeat, sometimes lame.  Welcome!  And whether my posts make you happy, sad, angry, touched, whatever - I just hope you won't be bored.

Don