I am A Cartoonist, Illustrator, Writer, Teaching Artist,Father, Husband, Son, Brother, Cousin, Grandson, Former Marine and Work in Progress. I don't expect people to always agree with me but I do hope that if they don't they respect my point of view as I do theirs even though they are wrong.
It doesn't cure disease, the housing, economic and job problem nor does it feed the starving, end war or suddenly cause politicians to live up to all their promises. It does however give people one more electronic device that will be left in airports, hotels,cabs and elevators. It's use will further isolate one human from another and once the next big thing is announced it will become obsolete and be thrown onto a garbage heap like every new thing that has come before. some where...
We live in a nation that at times can seem petty and so self absorbed that we can begin to become isolated from one another and lost in our various day to day concerns about what to wear to work, which piece of new technology to buy, what we would say to a particular talk radio host if we ever cornered him in a dark alley, what to do with unruly kids, which political party is more evil than the other or who is the most attractive political candidate. To each of us the daily life that we live has a certain amount of order to it and if by chance some thing should occur that disrupts our routines just a little a vast majority of us would be at a loss as to what to do to regain control...
I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing that even the snow has decided to stay away from Central New York this year, at least so far, but as an avid hiker and some one who spent half his adult life in the desert it is a nice change of pace. Eventually it will return and those who spend the summer complaining about the heat and the winter complaining about the cold will once again have balance but for the moment I for one have no problem with this aspect of global climate change...
I appreciate Sarah Palin for what she represents but unfortunately like a lot of people who get involved in the world of politics she has become a parody of her self. On the surface you see an independent strong willed American loving, God loving , Family Loving, Gun Loving woman who doesn't think the average American has enough say in the world of politics and that liberals and political correctness have brought our nation to the edge. In truth she is an opportunist who like a lot of people who have come before her has found a way to make a great deal of money off of the dreams and fears of others...
I blame it all on Jim Henson! If it wasn't for him and all the people on Sesame Street I may have actually grown up and I don't know about you but as far as I'm concerned most grown ups aren't all that impressive. Imagination, creativity and a passion to follow my dreams are at the core of who I am. I have never been as happy as I am when I am living up to my own expectations of myself and Sesame Street played a big part in giving me the spark...
