What's in a name?

My plan of writing something every single evening has not quite come to fruition yet. If I just set aside about 15-20 minutes each day, I should be able to do it but for some reason that is so difficult.

A friend of mine came across this blog and was asking me about the title. I figured I should explain. For about 2 years I was without a stereo in my car. That meant no radio or CD's while driving no matter where I was going. Eventually I started bringing my iPod with me for the long trips but on day to day activities it was just me and my thoughts. Sometimes that's a scary thing but more often than not, I felt that I had something interesting going on in my head. I wanted to get some of these inner debates "on paper" and thus the blog was born.

I blame it mostly on my job. I would find myself pretending I was at work and having a conversation with my co-workers on the air. I'd only play one part but the other part would still be coming together inside. There would be an inner list of pros and cons while I tried to anticipate which way my other half would take the argument. I had constant moments of "I see your point but..." Maybe I'm a little crazy but I had to entertain myself somehow. Being trapped on the JFX and the beltway for an hour just to go 10 miles is definitely enough to drive a person insane. Sometimes I'd even imagine myself debating certain people. Sean Hannity was often involved only because he was an easy target. He'd win some of the battles only because he has a team of researchers filling his head with numbers and statistics that he would carelessly misuse to make his point. I was only one man working against a giant spin machine.

Four months ago I finally purchased a new stereo for my car. Since then I've been debating with myself much less and my head felt like it was ready to explode. One friend said I should probably seek professional help for that but I chose the easier/cheaper route of starting the blog. Welcome to my insanity.