It’s unreal, I know, yet tomorrow will mark my one year anniversary as an Evening Sun columnist, a fact I find hard to believe considering just how quickly the time seems to have flown by. Over the course of that year, I’ve managed to keep things lively, if you ask me, seeing as I’ve opined on everything from alien invasions (back in October of 2010) to the political arena (every other week or so), text messaging and cell phones, Hollywood’s lack of originality and – when the mood strikes me – my own, personal life experience.

I’ve seemingly “run the gamut,” so to speak, and as Jerry Garcia and his fellow bandmates would’ve said ... what a long, strange trip it’s been.

It’s also been a hell of a lot of fun ... and that’s the honest truth.

In fact, about the only topic I haven’t covered in detail (unbelievably) is the probability of the upcoming zombie apocalypse which, of course, you know I’m going to have to tackle in the (very) near future.

Today, however, I’m simply going to vent for a bit on America’s current state of affairs, which seems more and more depressing as the days, weeks and months go passing by.