About The Blogger

Moi

I am 30 years old and I reside in Washington, DC, where I work as a legislative assistant for a Member of Congress.  I am also a graduate student, completing a Master of Arts in Political Analysis and Public Policy, and a weekly columnist for Youth Roll, an online source for all that inspires and consumes our world through the lens of a uniquely youth perspective.  Be sure to check out my column, View from the Hill, every Friday.  Knowing all of this, it should be obvious I don’t have much of a life, but somehow, I manage to squeeze in some semblance of one here and there.

My hobbies and interests generally revolve around a main course of sports and politics, with an appetizer of a fondness for travel and culture, a side dish of shooting pool and Texas hold’em, and finding ways to improve myself for dessert.

I am a proud alum of the University of Florida and am a die-hard Gator fan.  When I’m not cheering on the Gators, I’m competing in way too many fantasy football leagues and talking smack about the success (or sometimes failure) of my sports teams.  I played sports for many years and pride myself on my nearly unbeatable level of sports trivia knowledge.

I am also a political junkie and have a strong desire to impact policy and the progress of our nation and the world through my work on Capitol Hill.  Don’t let that fool you though…I’m not important, and am but a small cog in the engine.  With hard work and a little luck, that may change one day.

I’m a veteran of the blogging world who has decided to return from a lengthy hiatus.  I was a blogger when blogging was considered strange by most.  Starting in 1997 and ending in 2005, I wrote on three successful domains, all of which averaged a few thousand hits a day.  I’m not hoping for, expecting or working towards such attention through this blog.  This will merely serve as a sounding board for my opinion on various issues and discussion of certain aspects of my life, and a way for my many friends who live quite a distance from me to keep in tune with my life and my mindset.

If you’ve actually read this far, I’m impressed.  Thanks for your interest.