Returning to my blog

So, I started this while I was a student at DePaul University in Chicago and the 2008 presidential election campaign was going on. After that, I moved on and more or less forgot about it. However, "I'm back to let you know that I can really shake it down." I had started a new blog, but I am going to copy my recent posts here and, hopefully, be inspired to post regular entries from here on out. Here it goes!