“I began these ramblings in the spring of 2001. Later that year, planes crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a farm field in Pennsylvania, and life in the United States changed. Things became more complicated. I determined to stay focused on things around here, looking for some continuity and some sanity in this world. Initially, these scribbling were meant for my own eyes, but then in a moment of egomania, I decided to put them into type and print them into a small book." -- from the author.