Greetings!

Ah, my first blog entry. It's a historic moment, although not quite at the level of last night's election. But for years I've had friends tell me I should start a blog. I like to write, I don't mind making my opinions known, and it's theraputic. So hey, why not? Here it is!

Sometimes I'll use this as a place to keep friends and relatives updated about household goings-on. I might also post a recipe here and there, or discuss movies/tv shows/other forms of entertainment. And I'll definitely post some political views from time to time.

Which leads to my name: Moderate, Interrupted. I'm a political moderate - leaning to the right on the fiscal topics and international relations, but leaning to the left on social issues like gay marriage. Needless to say, it gets pretty difficult to find a candidate to support during political races - I can't agree with Republicans on the social side of things, yet the Democrats don't have my number on the economy and self-defense. And the third parties I have found seem to go off on odd radical tangents (sorry, but there is a place for the U.N. and prohibition is not the answer to all of society's ills).

The "Interrupted" part? Well, I'll admit I'm a little bitter about the election. Please don't get me wrong - I do not believe Obama is the Antichrist, nor do I think we'll be calling each other "comrade" in four years. He seems like a nice enough man who wants what is good for our country, and I absolutely appreciate the wonderful (and long overdue) milestone in electing our first minority president. It's just that for once we had a major party candidate (John McCain) who was somewhat centrist. Unfortunately, he had to please conservatives and independent voters at the same time - a very tough task. So that dream was interrupted.

Or I just needed a clever name for this blog and I'm stretching. I'll let you decide.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy my flying leap into the year 2003 here (yes, I tend to be behind the technical times; we just got caller ID at our house in July). You'll hear from me again soon!