I am Lars Vargas

Category: Miscellaneous

If it doesn’t fit somewhere else, it goes in here…

  • Thank you, Veterans!

    We all need to take a few moments today and reflect on what we have. And after we’ve done that, we need to think about who sacrificed to make it all possible.

    For more than two hundred years, the United States has offered an experiment in democracy and self-rule. In order to continue this experiment, we have always required people to defend our way of life, our freedom, and our very existence.

    The freedoms and opportunities in our lives today are only here because of veterans. To all who have sacrificed by serving in the armed forces, both voluntarily and not, I thank you. Happy Veterans Day.

  • Ok, so what IS this mess?

    Well, this mess, bless its little heart, is a blog. You probably know what that is, but in the interest of complete disclosure and adding a few extra words to the page, a “blog” is a “weblog”, or someone’s log on the web.

    There are lots of different kinds of logs: Yule Logs, Lincoln Logs, wood logs, even Log Cabin syrup. A weblog is the kind where someone types up pretty much whatever comes to mind. Some are well-organized and well-trafficked. Others languish in a weird narcissistic soup of self-loathing and pity.

    This weblog has just been started by me, Lars Vargas, and there isn’t much to it yet. First of all, the template still needs a bit of fine tuning, so you’re going to see a few rough edges here. And yeah, the style sheets aren’t done yet either. That’s part of fine tuning. (more…)