The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Rand Paul may have recently won the straw poll at CPAC, but if it were legally possible, I have a hunch Russian President Vladimir Putin would have been the big winner among conservative Republicans this past weekend. Don't believe me? Feel free to ask some of the supposed leaders of the conservative movement. "People are looking at Putin as one who wrestles bears and drills for oil. They look at our president as one who wears mom jeans and equivocates and bloviates." - Sarah Palin "Putin sees himself as a macho man who's going to do pretty much what he wants. The president sees himself as a renaissance man who wants to accommodate." - Bill O'Reilly "Putin decides what he wants to do and he does it in half a day, right? He decided he had to go to their parliament. He went to their parliament. He got permission in 15 minutes ... but he makes a decision and he executes it quickly. Then everybody reacts. That's what you call a leader. Preside...

I typically don't like to delve into my personal life when I blog. I know a lot of people who do and that's fine, but I usually stray away from such topics. The reasons are the fact I don't think (m)any people would be too interested in the life of a person they don't know and I'd rather people not know all the details of my life. There is "reality" television, though, so perhaps my former portion of the preceding statement is inaccurate. I realize that just about anyone can read these things, but sometimes it's freeing, cathartic to attempt to sort out one's thoughts and feelings regarding an event(s) in his/her life and I think I've reached that point. There's a lot going on in my life right now and for whatever reason, I feel like blogging about it. I published a couple books just over a week ago. I'm biased, sure, but I think they're pretty solid, the best of the books I've published, so I'm excited. There's a lot ...