I often wonder...

If this blog will be the only thing of significance that I leave behind when my time comes to shuffle off this mortal coil. Sure, I'll leave behind material possessions but I can't see a large stack of porn mags, the first Valentines card I ever received and some odds and ends becoming a great addition to humanity.

Unless, of course, I'm one of those genius types that's only truly appreciated after death and crowds of people want to see what kind of fuckmag I was partial to during my lifetime. For the record; Mostly girl-on-girl action. (The sight of a well hung stud schlonging the shit out of a pornstars cornhole tends to put me off my stroke...)

In fact, I'm not even sure that this blog has any significance. I mean, it's not like I'm one of the great political thinkers of this generation and as sure as shit smells I ain't a great writer. But what's to say that being either of those things qualifies you for geniushood. Perhaps future generations will value honesty, integrity and large stacks of porn more than the ability to see through the political machinations of the day or the capacity to create wonderful prose.

This blog is more of a place where I can vent my spleen than a wonderfully worded and insightful look at today's society. Sure there are times when, by pure chance, I write a sentence that sounds like a genius wrote it but these are few and far between. But, that's cool, I've learned to live with the fact that I'm no Mark Twain. I may occasionally be Hunter S Thompson-like but I'd ascribe that to my rather unhealthy affinity to drugs and chaos more than I'd ascribe it to some kind of shared genius when it comes to writing. That would, without doubt, be far too big a leap for anyone to make.

My blog also serves as a cathartic tool for me as I can sit here and write something that attempts to make people laugh. And I enjoy doing that. Laughter is, after all, about the only thing that humans can do that seems like a noble cause. Or maybe that's just me. But I don't think so...

"At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted." [Eric Idle.]

"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief And I believe that love is stronger than death." [Robert Fulghum.]

"If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man." [Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky.]

"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face." [Victor Hugo.]

"Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God." [Karl Barth.]

"Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth." [Umberto Eco.]

And, one day, who knows...

"Laugh you stupid Motherfucker!" [Ross Douglas.]