Stay Informed Dallas

Well, against my good sense, I am creating a current events blog. I say that because I am obsessed with current events. Obsessed. I try to hide my obsession from most people, but those who know me closely, know that it runs my life. It has gotten to the point where some of my friends simply rely on me for current events, and shun the news sites. My own girlfriend questioned in the past, how I was going to visit her abroad, without being wired in to it all (fortunately the blackberry is a world phone). At any rate, I believe everyone should be informed. I feel it is at least a moderate display of intelligence and civility when one can carry on a decent conversation regarding worldly events. So much happens outside the walls of each of our lives that, to me, it is a sign of respect (to individuals, cultures, contemporaries, etc.) to know what is happening.

All that being said, what's the point of this blog?

• To provide short, accurate updates about our world, with a little commentary from yours truly.
  
• To inform people of the world outside their normal routine
• And perhaps, to provide a medium for those who do not care, to care just a bit

Do I expect this blog to be heavily followed? No.
Do I think I can cover everything that goes on? No.
Will this be all news? No, I consider entertainment to be pertinent as well (see first post).
Am I going to inundate you with pedantic writing? This intro. post will probably be the most formal I am going to get.
How long will my posts be? I'm guessing a paragraph or so. Not trying to beat you guys over the head with obscure names or dates.

I just hope to inform folks through small, entertaining, intriguing posts.

So, read on. Or don't.

- JWL

P.S. - One final note, maybe one of the biggest points of this blog, is to allow YOU, the reader, to jump into a conversation, and offer something up. Think of me as a philanthropist. "A kick-ass philanthropist" - George Costanza.