I also spend a lot of time on political blogs, and music blogs getting things for my radio show.

You can't get away from who you are I guess.

Be comfortable with who you are', reads the headline on the Hush Puppies poster. Are they mad? If people were comfortable with who they were, they'd never buy any products except the ones they needed, and then where would the advertising industry be?

To me, all war is failure for humanity, though it often is a bounty for commerce.

I also spend a lot of time on political blogs, and music blogs getting things for my radio show.

In my mid 30's, after a decade or so of giving full time to the music thing and finding myself with about $10 in the bank and no assets other than my musical equipment, I realized I needed to get serious about making a living.

I am pretty detached from the local music crowd though.