Threatening me with a government shutdown is like.....

Ouch. That's gonna leave a mark.

@Whited79

I've got a 60-hour a week job. 
I'm chair of the Tarrant County Libertarian Party. 
I've got a daughter at Texas A&M who costs more than The Hundred Years' War. 
I'm setting up Libertarian Meetups, Speaker Series, Book Discussion Groups, and Barroom Gripe'n' Moan sessions.
I've got a pile of books on my bedside table, another in my truck, and three shelves at work - all of books that I've been meaning to get to. 
I'm working on an e-book. 
I've started interviewing people at work about a libertarian-ish business book about the value they bring to our company. 
I've got scraps of about ten songs that I need to finish writing. 
I've got a very busy bar schedule. 
I think I've been inside a church four times in three years. 
I don't really know how many dachshunds are in my back yard, and I may have forgotten some of their names. 
Any given week, more people on Facebook invite me to more events than Paris Hilton actually attends in a month. 

What's missing? 

A Twitter feed !!!!  

If you are so inclined, you can follow me on Twitter.  Allen Patterson  @Whited79  

(Whited, for the name of this blog.  '79 for the year I was released from high school.) 

This should be fun. 

Two Year Blogoversary

I almost let the two year Blogoversary of this thing pass by without comment.

The first post on this site went up on 9-28-07, and I had no real idea what the main focus was going to be.
Since then, I've made it into the Star-Telegram a couple of times. Once with an editorial and once in a feature piece on political bloggers.
I've made some great friends through the Camp Blownstar Blogger meetups.
Big Daddy John Spivey found the site, and got me involved in the Tarrant County Libertarian Party.
That got me involved in End The Fed rallies, a Gay/Lesbian Rights parade, and staffing pro-2nd amendment booths at gun shows.
I've been to more Tea Parties than Lady Astor.
Then people started linking the site on Reddit. Then Facebook. Then it got Twittered. (And Twixted. Whatever that is.)
See that little world map on the right side of your screen, under the incredibly pretentious "A Thousand Points Of Light" header? Click on it, or click here. Depending on the topic of the day, I'll get more hits from Europe and Australia than from the U.S.
Fun stuff, this internet.
Before I started blogging, Dr. Ralph and I knew each other, but didn't hang out together. We recently spent a couple of hours at his place, playing guitars, not talking about politics, and looking at his artwork. (He's got a show in Fort Worth this weekend, BTW. Hit the link. Dr. Ralph can paint.)

When I can get my A-game going, this thing is good for 700-800 hits a day. Whenever I post sub-standard stuff for three days in a row, it drops into the 300-400 range so quickly that it's depressing. You people have the loyalty of tomcats.

If you've ever considered doing something like this, I hope you'll give it a try. Use the right key words in your headlines, and you'll meet plenty of people who love what you love, care about your concerns, and who are fascinating to correspond with. Plus, I don't know how people can claim they know what they think, until they read what they've written for public consumption.

Your voice counts. Unless, of course, you are WRONG, WRONG, WRONG ! !