Welcome to a New Era

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Allow me to introduce myself. The government calls me Justin Paige, my friends call me Pizzle, J. Paige and a host of other things that...well quite frankly may not be appropriate to share with complete strangers. But anyway, welcome to my blog. As you can tell this is a brand new site and there isn't much to browse at the moment. Don't worry, I'll take care of that soon enough.

But I wanted to start off with something that I feel is the cardinal rule of my blog. It's the right to free speech. Now I'm not gonna advocate yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater or denegrate people with your words just because you are different from them in some way. If you think being gay is wrong, fine. Express your opinion and move on. If you think Obama was a bad choice for President, cool. Give your argument and keep it movin. People spend too much time on 2 things.

First, worrying about other people's opinions. Who cares if someone agrees with what you say? Do they pay your bills? Are they gonna send you to Hell for an eternity of torment where there is "Weeping and gnashing of teeth"? Please. If someone can't take the time to understand your opinion, that's their problem. Stop tryin to get people to agree with you so damn much. It's desparate...and quite honestly beneath you.

Second, trying to not offend other people. If somebody is so touchy that they can't take a lil criticism in their life...again, not your problem. Now I'm not sayin go around and be hard on people out of pure meanness. But you can't tip toe all the time. If the hammer has to come down, it's gonna come down. Better to be upfront from the beginning and treat the person like a grown up instead of all the handholding and such. That's just gonna make you a crutch and they'll be handicapped. Also, people who get offended are people who tend to take things personally. If you're a Dook fan, don't take it personal...I hate your team, not you. I wish all the bad things in life happen to Dook. It's nothing against you as a person, you just have sided with an institution that I see as a blotch on the city of Durham, a stain in the boxers of the ACC...sorry, I really REALLY hate Dook.

So before you jump on a soap box callin me all types of names like "bigot", "hate monger" or the like...I'm probably more open-minded than you are you self-righteous, self-serving, pedantic prick.

Whew...

Now that I've gotten all that out the way...I hope you can read my blogs, listen to what I have to say and if you disagree, do so in a civilized way. (And if you agree...we can make fun of all the people who don't. Hehehe...)

Enjoy.