The Lewis Show

George would have never used his Twitter account I follow a few well thought out liberal and conservative pundits. I also follow a few that fly off the seats of their pants. They get paid, through the magic of the Internet, to talk about politics. There is a space for political speech. The United States and most of the civilized western world thrive because we're not jailed (for the most part) for speaking our minds. I'm only partially going to be referring to those people, but this is really for the rest of us. I've long ago learned to tune out of the vitriol that is their livelihoods. This has become probably one of the harder times to hold a reasonable debate on issues of the day. Not only are we confined by the walls of social media, but by an amazing renewed tactic. Intolerance. I know I've harped on that before, but it becomes very hard to debate someone when the straw man is built that declares descent is akin to being somehow bigoted towards another part

Four years ago, yesterday, Janine and I caught the midnight showing for Batman, The Dark Knight. We all always remember that modern classic and the good time that we had. Now, exactly four years later, we are embarking again on a midnight run to see the last of this trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. I decided to look back at my blog and do a recap of my world then as it compares to my world now. The similarities and differences will be astounding. This also will mark my 8th year of blogging, if you want to call it that. I know it's a dying art form, but I still like the platform. Four years ago this week, I took a small cat to an animal hospital for a blood transfusion. She is healthy, happy, spoiled, and just as weird now as she was when she was a fragile and sick baby. I was also a heavy Pownce user four years ago. I wasn't marginally using Twitter, Facebook was a joke (still is), but I had put all my eggs in the wrong social basket. We were seriously house shopping

Janine and I have been looking forward to July 15th for some time. That marks the return of one of the most raw, original, and intense shows on cable television. Breaking Bad has a rabid fan base, a gripping story, and probably the best web viral marketing campaigns on the web run mostly by its fans. I don't think I'm disclosing any spoilers, but please read ahead with caution. I thought about the attraction with such a show. The characters are all thrust into a bad situation. Walter White, a chemistry teacher, and probably a great chemist in his own right gets diagnosed with terminal cancer. He decides to produce a destructive product  and commit several crimes to stay alive or to secure sufficient money to provide for his wife, teenage son, and newborn daughter. Why would we cheer for heroes on a show that would be considered villains in our world? The characters, especially the main character is relatable. We probably all have that fear that we contract some terrible