Been very busy working on the nuts and bolts of the backend of this site to really sit down and write anything. This whole experience has been quite a learning curve for me so it has taken some time away from what I really want to do with this venture is: write and edit. However, in my last post I expressed my apathy towards the 2008 election pretty clearly but after seeing Obama and Edwards take Iowa and sink two torpedoes into the Clinton BS juggernaut, I’m starting to feel a bit giddy about this race. Obama’s got the mojo and he’s rallying a sense a hope. I find it ironic that I even have to write a sentence such as that. A politician evoking a sense of hope: but after the last seven years it seems that many so called leaders have no concept of this notion anymore. Tomorrow is New Hampshire and I personally hope to see the good Senator from Illinois keeping this ball rolling. What this country needs is a good political phenomenon and Osama can generate that.

On another note- In scouring through articles to post on the Vibe Dispatch one thing has caught my attention and curiosity. That would be the subject of Indigo Children. The more I read about this subject the more fascinated I become with it. About 10 years ago I read a book called Bringers of the Dawn by Barbara Marciniak and she mentioned such an occurrence and to see so many articles and blogs on this subject really excites me. Though I have no children of my own and nobody I know personally has an Indigo Child(no offense taken), if anyone out there has any personal experiences with this subject please contact us because we want to delve into this subject more in depth.

Anyone watch The Wire on HBO?. I used to work at a newspaper and that scene from the Baltimore Sun was right on the mark in catching the vibe of the inside of a newsroom. I’m not talking about the part with that editor trying to uncover the link to political donations and drug dealers. That’s what the industry needs. I’m talking about that tired, lazy air of mediocrity they portrayed. That feeling of my 401k, health benefits, job security and maintaining the status quo are more important than going out and getting the real story. I remember walking through the newsroom of the major newspaper in Charleston South Carolina in the afternoon and walking by senior editors offices and seeing them scouring the Drudge Report and then riding my bike home through crack infested neighborhoods and thinking to myself- these guys are so out of touch. The problem with the newspaper industry is the old guard refuses to give way to the new. Several markets in this country get it but most don’t. It doesn’t matter though, the internet will overtake them soon enough.