Except for an occasional swipe at the gov and using the lower case in deity names, I tend to avoid politics and religion in this blog. I have no problem stating where I stand with either of those topics, but the arena can be so inflammatory that asbestos suits are often required to enter it. Add to that the fact that if I were tempted to pull out my soapbox and discuss such topics here, I wouldn’t have time to write anything else. And let’s face it; no ones political or religious opinions are going to be changed by anything I have to say here. It would just be a rant, a spark for a flame war, and what would be the point of that?

Having said that, I will depart, slightly, from that stance to note something I read today.

I started reading a blog called Anatomy of Melancholy about 7 or 8 months ago. I can’t remember now how I got turned on to it. I think I started reading it out of envy. The guy who writes it lives in Athens, Greece and I want to live there. All these months later I still envy the guy but I also thoroughly enjoy his writing. He doesn’t write often, which is sad because he writes quite well. He had a post up today, untitled, which moved me deeply. It is well worth the read regardless of your politics or what god you choose to believe in or curse.

War is hell.