revengeofareasonablemind

Revenge of a Reasonable Mind: An Introduction September 9, 2012

This is my first stab at writing a blog, or as you experts at it call “blogging,” or so I’m told.  So, if this seems a little rough, well I warned you.  The instructions that came with signing up for the WordPress.com blog writing service explained that a domain name was required and that there could be no spaces.  So, the domain name turned out to be revengeofareasonablemind which could be difficult to pronounce correctly.  There’s a chance that you could get the emphasis on the wrong syllable, since there are a lot of syllables, if you don’t use spaces.  So, I thought I’d put the spaces in in the title.  Okay, so why the title in the first place?  Well, I’ve been paying attention to what’s been going on in the news in print and on the television, both cable and the mainstream networks.  My conclusion is that I’m the victim of an intellectual assault and battery.  I’m not making this charge lightly.

At first I was just going to claim simple intellectual assault, but I got thinking.  Doesn’t the phrase that describes assault generally include “battery” also; as in, “the mugger was charged with assault and battery?”  However, I didn’t want to go overboard if all the stuff that the media wants us to believe just hurt my brain.  Although, in some very litigious circles (like California) that would be sufficient.  So, I looked up the “battery” part of assault and battery in the dictionary.  The definition explained “…even where the contact is not violent but merely menacing or offensive.”  Perfect.  That’s it in a nutshell.  Not only does the goofy stuff I am exposed to by the media actually hurt my brain, it is also menacing and offensive to what I believe is my reasonable mind.  It is an attack deserving of REVENGE.

So, from time to time as I am assaulted and batteryed (?), I will get revenge by applying a really big dose of sarcasm and ridicule in this blog space.  I will pull no punches.  No more sitting back and taking it.  Both barrels are loaded (shotgun metaphor) and I’m ready for bear.  I’m fighting back.  It’s only reasonable.  It’s revenge.