"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live?" Henry David Thoreau.
For those of you that know me a little or a lot, you know that I do not watch more than a few hours of television a year. I believe that not having a television forces me to be out in the world living my life. I also believe that by not watching television--or reading the paper for that matter--I am allowed to look rationally at arguments and situations without the influence of rhetoric and bias from these mediums. I think and write about "stuff" based on what I see and hear that appears to need my attention, while pulling in factual information that allows me to clearly define my opinions.
So I state to you, based in response to Thoreau's quote above; "I am living, therefore I must write." Furthermore, "I hope it is not in vain."
For those of you that know me a little or a lot, you know that I do not watch more than a few hours of television a year. I believe that not having a television forces me to be out in the world living my life. I also believe that by not watching television--or reading the paper for that matter--I am allowed to look rationally at arguments and situations without the influence of rhetoric and bias from these mediums. I think and write about "stuff" based on what I see and hear that appears to need my attention, while pulling in factual information that allows me to clearly define my opinions.
So I state to you, based in response to Thoreau's quote above; "I am living, therefore I must write." Furthermore, "I hope it is not in vain."
