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.

First on my list ... the political circus, what with our commander-in-chief’s apparent lack of, how shall I say, putting some muscle where his mouth is. Not that our present-day mess is all his fault, when the Republican political body as a whole seems content just to sit back, refusing any sort of compromise and yet it still, remarkably, comes out on the other side looking squeaky clean (thanks to a certain “news” network I won’t name here). From top to bottom, it seems our political system is on the verge of breaking down (if it hasn’t already) and that, my friends, is not a good thing.