Salvo is such a violent word

Since the page is blank, it has to be filled with something.

That's almost too easy, but it is the essence of creation. Start at the beginning, which for all practical purposes is right here, right now.

Start with anything, the way God did, and create light because it will be easier to see what you're doing. Of course, it would help to not get deluded into equating one's ability to type with the creation of the universe, but who really would that help? The reader? No, they come to the work with their own set of preconceptions and hang-ups and delusions, so to hold back on the hubris really can only help the writer help the reader and maybe begin to square the circle.

Manifestoes are boring and generally the province of the insane or the Marxist, so I'm not going the grand declaration route. So here's an introduction to my idea of the best use of this space, and then I'm going to go do something else.

In a few words, the work I'm going to do here will combine short stories, poems and commentary on living in this magical, post-partisan, socially-networked, garden spot of a rapidly gentrifying world and the way I'll get better is to see what the reader (yes, that deluded, hung-up sonofagun again) thinks, feels, gets upset with or just agrees with like a bobbleheaded booby. Who doesn't like being agreed with no matter how inane their positions and arguments? And yes, a sentence ago what you saw was simply an excuse to use the word, "booby".

As you're reading this, you might be thinking, "What's wrong with this guy? Doesn't he get the point of blogging? And why doesn't he just get on with it?" You would be right to think such things, and any answer I could provide would just lead you down the wrong road and maybe only tangentially to the right conclusion. You'll figure out what's wrong with me as we go along and you'll tell me in no uncertain terms, I'm certain. At some point we'll talk about the radio, the movies that we know and whether our love is here to stay, and in that discussion some politics, sex and drinking might come up as well. Whatever you think of this first post, don't call it an opening salvo.

Salvo is such a violent word.