About the title

For those who aren't familiar, the title of this little blog is a lyric from The Last Resort by The Eagles. It's like my entire worldview in a song. Its about our unending search for paradise, and the tragic irony that everytime we find it, our very presence destroys it. Don Henley is a songwriting genius. I mean, check out these lines from the song:

Some rich men came and raped the land, nobody caught 'em
Put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and Jesus, people bought 'em

I love the way he sings it, so that you can't tell if he's saying "... and Jesus, people bought 'em" or "... and Jesuspeople bought 'em." The song is such a great criticism of organized religion.

BUT, don't get me going on religion. I'll save that for later. All I really wanted to do here was explain the title of the blog. Not that the meaning of the song really has anything to do with my blog. I just liked the dichotomy of that particular lyric, it seemed to be applicable to the idea of blogging -- how it can foster courage in conviction while keeping things anonymous.

Profound, huh?