The Pilot Episode

How frustrated do you get when after sitting in traffic, creeping along for what seems like eternity, you finally break free, only to see that there was nothing blocking the road in front of you? There was an accident on the OTHER side of the road and you were delayed because of everyone slowing down to see what was going on.

Rubberneckers.

We can't stand them, but how often do you stop to ask yourself if you're one, too? Well, if you're reading this, chances are pretty good that you are.

Welcome to the very first Daily Dumbfundity!

Over the years, I've written several Letters to the Editor of The Free Lance-Star. To be considered, they had to be under 300 words and they'll accept only one a month. I've gotten quite a bit of attention each time, so I've wondered if I have what it takes to be a writer. You're looking at the first step in a new experiment.

I'm going to see if I can write 300 words a day for a year. As a middle-aged, libertarian leaning, constitutionally dogmatic, Christian fundamentalist conservative who likes the Pittsburgh Steelers and is blogging in a Presidential Election year, the range of topics might tend to take the path of a drunken cyclist but I hope to give any readers an opportunity to scratch their heads, trying to figure out what might be wrong with me.

In fact, that should explain the meaning of my blog's title - The Daily Dumbfundity. If something is profound, we call it a profundity. Well, over the course of the next year, I hope to bring to light various things that I think are dumbfounding.

So, fasten your seat belts, roll down your windows, and rubberneck away! I hope you have a dumbfounding experience.