Welcome to the Home for Wayward Lemmings!

It appears I am actually getting traffic here. Welcome to the Home for Wayward Lemmings to all the new visitors. I feel I should explain a bit about myself to help you deal with the weirdness you may encounter here.

This is not one of those “let me tell you all about me” blogs. I hate online diaries and have no desire to host one. I am an aspiring writer (like 90% of other bloghosts) who writes short stories and political and pop culture essays; also the occasional poem. I am writing this one short bio-of-sorts just to get it out of the way and let you know about your host/author/commentator.

I am 35 and I live in Miami, Fl. I am single and live alone. A wonderful combination if there ever was one. I have two cats, but I am straight. I am a film fanatic and a political junkie.

I took the name "Kanrei" about ten years ago when I played a lot of role playing games. I picked it from the back of a book a friend had. I learned about two years later that it was Japanese for "Shogun's Deputy". That made me like it even more. When I became a blogger, it was a natural choice for an online name.

I have been blogging about four years, but contained myself to a single site until recently. I was more of a chorus member, posting short sentences in “debate” on a political commentary site before I decided to try and stand on my own. Why did I wait four years? It took a kick in the arse from some friends to inspire me.

I work in the field of sleep medicine. It is an amazing field actually. For example, did you know there were around 80 different sleep disorders a person can have? They also spread the gambit of psychological disorders to physical disorders, so what we do is narrow down the actual cause of the symptoms.

For the record, I am not a doctor or even a technician. I write the company news letter, and handle some HR issues. I suppose I am the assistant HR manager. I basically manage the night staff. In a nutshell, I call people who work at night early in the morning to tell them they must work that night. Irony defined. I ruin people’s sleep so they can help other people sleep. Their payback is I work seven days a week pretty much.

Politically, I am a left leaning constitutionalist. I have strong Libertarian leanings, but I hate political parties too much to join one. I believe joining a party limits your options. I am one of those people who find the Republicans selfish and the Democrats useless. I am not sure which is worse for the country.

I think that is about it. Anything else, you will just have to learn by coming back again and again. How’s that for a hook? Hope to see you again.

Welcome to the Home for Wayward Lemmings!