It’s cold. It’s cold and the snow is coming down. I haven’t left my apartment all day, and most likely won’t. The terrible driving conditions prevented me from making it to my early class this morning, as I was not about to risk life and limb for a discussion about social Darwinism. As fascinating a topic as social Darwinism is, it’s not worth the white knuckle experience.

I lied. I may just leave my apartment later today and head down to Blogfest at Finnegan’s Wake. Six o’clock if anyone’s interested. Luckily I don’t need to drive there because it’s only a few blocks away, across the park.

My favorite watering hole was in the news yesterday. The PGH Post-Gazette did a story on “Third Places” and they profiled the Pub.

The inauguration is tomorrow. The more I think about it, I can’t believe Amerika elected this guy. What’s worse is that the next four years hasn’t even started yet. I get really depressed thinking about it. The direction this country is headed toward is devolution. Regression rears its ugly head. I have some thoughts about how to reverse the cycle, but I’ll leave them for another day.

I tried to record a bit today but I was playing like shit. I have a new song that’s pretty complex, both rhythmically and melodically. I got frustrated and decided to do other things like vacuum, smoke cigarettes and stare at this computer screen. What a sexy life I live.