I have been silent a long time.  With all the voices out there and all the ways people are heard I felt that there was no longer a need for me in this world.  I stayed quiet because with the growth of social media no one reads an old fashioned columnist like me, the Gremlin.  But the time has come.  In the past I was one to poke fun, and though I admit I generally pointed a finger at the right side I didn't spare the left when I found them wanting.  

Many times my friends, if you are indeed still my friends out there.  I didn't write a political column.  As I said many years ago on my first site, This is eclectic, as is my mind.  There is no humor in this first blog of ages because reading the news today I find no humor.  Being the astute person I am I recognize patterns and trends and I see the darkness.  I see many who have been fooled and don't realize the folly they have participated in.  and alas, I fear for us all, friend and opponent alike.  I try not to think of anyone as an enemy.  I've grown beyond that as many old friends know.  So with this, I announce that Mad Gremlin! is officially being dusted off and I am out of retirement.  Brothers and sisters be warned.

And I do promise to try and bring back the fun, not just the fight. ---------------------G