For Owen

I'm not sure if it was the furry meat grown in a laboratory or his response to my long and exceptionally colorful email about Ben and Jerry's/responsible military spending, but Owen convinced me today that I should have a blog. For a long time, I thought blogs were those celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins on them. I was wrong.

So, after giving 45 seconds of thought to what I wanted my blog to be, I decided on one concept that we don't see so much today and certainly one few ants on a log---er, blogs--- are dedicated to.

Being merry.

For me, it's easy. It's so much who I am, it's part of my name...

So, while I am a constant bitcher in real life about politics, bad drinking water, preservatives, the harsh side of Velcro, microwaved food, Republicans, sock-eating dryers, the use of "love missile" in any so-called literature, Hummers, canned laughter and both smart and dumb bombs, this blog will be about the GOOD things we see every day.

Hey, someone's gotta do it and I think Bill O'Reilley already has a day job.

PS If anyone hates this idea, please contact Owen Johnson (www.existence.com) at your earliest convenience.