About the Café de Mello (Update 11-04-2010)
As a young soldier doing advanced training at Fort Devens Massachusetts (which has since been decommissioned and turned into a Federal Medical Center housing male offenders requiring specialized or long-term medical or mental health care, so the population is about the same as it was), I and my friends used to slip off base to a café in a nearby town. There you could get coffee refills two for a nickel, a warm safe environment and endless conversation.
That experience—and memories of a westernized version of that café that I and friends discovered in one of the small towns outside of Fort Hood, while stationed there holding the line against communism—made me choose a metaphorical café as the site for my blog. In hindsight that decision may not have been the best. It may not provide those browsing the internet with an intuitive idea about the nature of the material to be found here.
Lately, although it was not my original intent, the subjects here have been exclusively political, and while I hope to branch into other areas, with the resurgence of the Republicans following the 2010 mid-terms, I suspect that may continue to be my main focus.
There is currently no advertizing on this site other than that for my novel God Is A Rubber Duck. That however may change as time and motivation permits. This blog, however, is intended primarily as an outlet for my political and other opinions and frustrations. If it provides some readers with new information, support, confirmation, or even a chuckle, then it is worth my time. And, if nothing more, it beats shouting at the TV news or screaming into the darkness.
Posting Plan:
Now that the mid-term elections have doomed us to a new two year decent into conservative dark ages and horror, I will be returning to working mostly on writing fiction (I currently have a new comedy and a horror novel in the works) so my postings will be limited. My current plan is to put out new posts on Tuesday’s and Thursdays and these may be shorter than my election writings. I may also make briefer posts something happens that I cannot ignore. I’ll have to see how it goes.
I welcome comments on my posts and hope that some may provoke an exchange of views without dropping into ad hominem vitriol.
So, if you wish, pour yourself a strong cup of coffee or other potable (I don’t encourage tea, but all libations are self-service) settle yourself at my metaphorical counter or pull a wooden chair up to one of the tables. Welcome to the Café de Mello.