In the Beginning.

You probably missed my first blog. That’s understandable and forgivable. No big deal. I mean, how many people caught God’s blog about the creation of the world? I don’t mean to be overly religious in this sensitive day and age, I just don’t want you to feel bad right from the beginning. I mean, this blog is for fun and thought.

I will try to be as incisive as others I have admired all my life : Woody Allen, Henry Kissinger, George Carlin, George Burns, Jesus,and Felix Rohatyn. Obviously, I can’t equal them,or you already would have heard of me.But in return for your attention, I will present on various topics : people, religion, politics, fine arts,and the problems of daily living (ADLs).

My advantages over these famous people are two-fold: I am anonymous and don’t have to worry about public repurcussions. Second, I speak like those people historians always wonder about— E.g., what did the ordinary Greeks think about Pericles and the cost of building the Parthenon? Or what did the serfs really think about living in a castle during the Middle Ages?

This is a wonderful liberating experience for me. I feel like the NY Times has finally seen the light and hired me as a columnist. True, I am not being paid and may not have thousands of readers. But this is in print—sort of— and with a little bit of Walter Mitty imagination, I’m in business! What an opportunity!