Hey, it's the point-the-finger society, and I'm a hopeless product. You made me, and now I'm going to impose my opinion upon you, because I'm American, and you should read what I have to say. CNN says that I expect too much, and that I'll become depressed and anxietic, because I won't be a star of Hollywood, even though I went through acting classes. I won't be on VH1, playing my alt-country, alt-rock, pseudo-indie, over-influenced music, even though I've been playing many instruments for years. I won't be published on the bestseller list: I just NOW got around to writing a stupid blog, and only because I read in Newsweek that it was the way for the little man (or woman) to be heard. And I barely know what I'm doing. But it turns out that I'm not the only one, judging from the new blog section. But I'm American, and I've got something important to say.

Seriously, though, we all possess wonderful insight, and that is the beauty of this world. And it is a feat of technology that I can read others and be read as if I were an exclusive member of a mini-Washington Post that has a circulation of a small Texas town in the Panhandle. That's a town more than before. And you're invited, because, neighbor, I have news for you! And it's a lot better than the Associated Press could ever give, but perhaps not Garrison Keillor.