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Let me start off by saying, I'm not a particularly political person. I care, don't get me wrong, but I just prefer to do what I do best, staying in the pretty bubble of art, music and what-have-you. I am an A+E Editor, after all, not a political commentator! I rarely watch TV, but when I do I often assume it's an extra-violent news day, even though deep down I know that's the way the world is, and I subsequently shut it out of my mind.

Travel back with me, if you will for just a moment, to those happy, halcyon days of the year 2001. Oh, what a time to be a young American artist it was!

I used to think that having POWER meant a better night's rest and less worrying. I was again Wrong.

In MY life I get to see a lot of things that most people don't get to see. And there are times when I am so grateful for that window of lights, cameras, action — and other times when I am just at a loss for words.

Green is the new watchword for consumer products and goods. We can track our carbon footprints, find out how many miles our food traveled to our plates, and make a point only to have toe-curling carnal gymnastics with Prius drivers — so why do we insist on persecuting those entrepreneurial souls trying to provide a local option to area