You can tell me after reading this for a few Mondays. What I write about here, for those of you who are new, are the fundamental character flaws in us that make life cheap. I write about lust, fear, tunnel vision, a seeking of numbness and obsession. I also write about things that make life better - like sex, God, friends, humor, square meals and the blues. That's why I'm at a loss for a cocktail-party answer when people ask me what I write about.
Human nature is complicated, and there's a lot of human nature in everybody.
Jesus becomes a rough beast, slouching toward Bethlehem, and this next millennium will start with some big-league stuff of John's Revelation drama going down with tides of blood and a drowning of innocence. For now, suffice it to say that the gyre is getting wider, metaphorically speaking. That will have to be it for my planned exposition. Life is what happens while you make other plans, and sometimes life happens so big time that your trivial plans are exactly that. Today's column must be a memorial as well as an introduction.