Perhaps it's part of my fire dousing, but one of the first things I thought of is what I'm not going to post about.  Sadly, one of them is going to be politics.  That's not because I think it's unimportant, or I don't think it should ever be discussed, but for two reasons.

1. There's already lots and lots of political discussion everywhere you go anymore.  This election season has gone non-stop since the last election, and frankly it's getting real tiresome.

2. I'm not sure whether it's because people are cranky from number 1 or not, but there are a lot of people who tend to jump to conclusions about other people based on their policy preferences.  I'll use, for an example, puppies.

That's right.  Puppies.  Safe topic.  I hope.  The thought process for these things goes like this:

Someone says to themselves, "You know, there are unhappy puppies in this world."

Then: "I like puppies!  I don't want them to be unhappy!"

Next, they say to themselves, "I think giving every puppy a monthly rawhide bone would solve the puppy unhappiness problem of the world!"

Now they run into another person who says, "Monthly rawhide?  I don't think that's a good idea."

Now, you'd think a rational person would, at this point, ask why.  Perhaps the other person thinks squeaky toys are better.  Perhaps they have a grand scheme for daily scoops of puppy chow.  Unfortunately, way too often in our political atmosphere, the very first thought is equivalent to, "No rawhides?!  You must hate puppies!  You bastage!!!"

That's right.  I said that political discussion has come down to nothing but screaming puppy laced profanities. And really - who wants that?  Not me.  So - no politics.